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词条 Alex Story (politician)
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  1. Rowing

  2. Politics

  3. References

Alex Story (born 6 December 1974)[1] is a British Conservative Party politician and former rower. He rowed in the British men's eight at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.[2]

Rowing

Story was on the Great Britain rowing team for the 1996 Summer Olympics, competing in the men's eight.[3]

He rowed for Great Britain as a junior, an under-23 and a senior athlete. His career spanned from 1992 to 1998.

In 1995, at the World Rowing Championships in Tampere, Finland, he qualified for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. He retained his place for the 1997 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette where the British eight finished fourth.[4]

He rowed for Cambridge against Oxford in the Boat Races of 1997[5] and 1998.[6] In the former he was the heaviest man competing and was credited[7] with having been the difference between the two crews. His 1998 crew still hold the course record.[8] He was described as a hero by coach, Harry Mahon.[9]

A back injury put a stop to his rowing career.

Politics

He has subsequently been active in the Conservative Party. In 2005, he contested Denton and Reddish[10] at the General Election; in 2010, he fought Wakefield,[11] and in 2015, at short notice, he stood for Leeds North West.

He was placed second on the Conservative party list for the Yorkshire and the Humber region ahead of the 2014 European Election;[12] however, only one Conservative was elected.[13] After the elevation of Timothy Kirkhope MEP to the House of Lords in October 2016, the Conservative Party appointed John Procter, who had been third on the party list, as his replacement, rather than Story.[14][15]

In the 2016 European Union membership referendum he campaigned for Britain to leave the European Union.[16][17]

He was the driving force{{cn|date=January 2018}} behind 18 Doughty Street, Britain's first online TV station. In addition, he was one of the founders of Story Productions,[18] a media production company that still operates today.

Story has written for The Daily Telegraph,[19] City A.M.,[20] The Wall Street Journal and more. He is married and has four children.

On 5 November 2017, the Conservative MP for Tamworth, Christopher Pincher, resigned as Assistant Whip and "voluntarily" referred himself to the Conservative Party's complaints procedure and the police, after Story alleged that Pincher had made an unwanted pass at him, describing him as a "pound shop Harvey Weinstein". Story said that he had been invited back to Pincher's flat, where Pincher massaged his neck and talked about his "future in the Conservative party", before changing into a bathrobe.[21] Pincher said that "I do not recognise either the events or the interpretation placed on them" and that "if Mr Story has ever felt offended by anything I said then I can only apologise to him".[21]

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Alex Story|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/10575/story-alex|website=World Rowing|accessdate=5 November 2017}}
2. ^{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/alex-story-1.html |title=Alex Story Olympic Results |accessdate=17 September 2018}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1996-olympic-games/mens-eight/|title=Events - worldrowing.com|website=Worldrowing.com|accessdate=5 November 2017}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1997-world-championships/mens-eight/|title=Events - worldrowing.com|website=Worldrowing.com|accessdate=5 November 2017}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rowingservice.com/regatta/97-crews.html|title=Regatta Online - Boat Race|website=Rowingservice.com|accessdate=5 November 2017}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.regatta.rowing.org.uk/BoatRace/br-1998race.html|title=Regatta Online - The Boat Race|website=Regatta.rowing.org.uk|accessdate=5 November 2017}}
7. ^{{cite web|last=Steve Trapmore|title=1997 University Boat Race - Cambridge Victory|date=2015-08-13|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4wRZSXo58U|website=Youtube.com|accessdate=2017-10-02}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://theboatraces.org/results|title=The Boat Race Results - The Boat Race|website=Theboatraces.org|accessdate=5 November 2017}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/boat-race-washed-up-on-desolation-row-1153234.html|title=Boat race: Washed up on desolation row|date=29 March 1998|website=Independent.co.uk|accessdate=5 November 2017}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/past-elections-and-referendums/uk-general-elections/2005-uk-general-election-results/denton--and--reddish|title=Electoral Commission - Denton & Reddish|website=Electoralcommission.org.uk|accessdate=5 November 2017}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/past-elections-and-referendums/uk-general-elections/2010-uk-general-election-results/wakefield|title=Electoral Commission - Wakefield|website=Electoralcommission.org.uk|accessdate=5 November 2017}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27127317|title=Vote 2014: European election candidates for Yorkshire and the Humber|date=28 April 2014|website=Bbc.co.uk|accessdate=5 November 2017}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.org.uk/en/your-meps/european_elections/results.html|title=Results of the 2014 European Parliament elections in the UK|website=Europarl.org.uk|accessdate=5 November 2017}}
14. ^"One-time remainer Yorkshire MEP now says he will listen to Brexit pleas", Yorkshire Post, 28 December 2016
15. ^Len Tingle, "[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38068348 Yorkshire electorate baffled at how its MEP is replaced]", BBC News, 28 November 2016
16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cityam.com/240497/why-pro-europeans-should-back-brexit-to-save-europe-from-the-eu|title=Why pro-Europeans should back Brexit – to save Europe from the EU|first=Alex|last=Story|date=6 May 2016|website=Cityam.com|accessdate=5 October 2016}}
17. ^{{Cite web |url=http://leave.eu/en/news/2016-02-12/leaveeu-announce-the-appointment-of-alex-story-to-head-up-and-represent-the-leaveeu-business-group |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006070032/http://leave.eu/en/news/2016-02-12/leaveeu-announce-the-appointment-of-alex-story-to-head-up-and-represent-the-leaveeu-business-group |archive-date=2016-10-06 |dead-url=yes |df= }}
18. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.storyproductions.com.br/en/|title=Story Productions|website=Storyproductions.com.br|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-10-02}}
19. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1525196/There-were-four-beautiful-mushroom-clouds-a-week.-Nobody-told-us-they-were-dangerous.html|title='There were four beautiful mushroom clouds a week. Nobody told us they were dangerous'|last=Story|first=Alex|date=2006-07-29|access-date=2017-10-02|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}
20. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.cityam.com/profile/alex-story|title=Alex Story|website=Cityam.com|language=en|access-date=2017-10-02}}
21. ^1 {{cite news|title=Tory Whip Chris Pincher refers himself to the police after claim of unwanted pass at former Olympic rower|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/05/tory-whip-chris-pincherrefers-police-claim-unwanted-pass-former/|accessdate=5 November 2017|publisher=Telegraph|date=5 November 2017}}
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