Editing Ed Coode (section)

==Career==
Coode won his first World Championship in 1999, as a substitute in the British men's coxless four, rowing with [[Steve Redgrave]], [[Matthew Pinsent]] and [[James Cracknell]]. When [[Tim Foster]] returned to the four, Coode was put into the coxless pair with [[Greg Searle]]. They finished fourth at the [[2000 Sydney Olympics]] having led for most of the race and being overtaken by three crews in the last 600 m, finishing 12/100th of a second (about 2 feet) out of third place.

In 2001, he won a second World Championship in the men's coxless four with [[Steve Williams (rower)|Steve Williams]], [[Rick Dunn]] and [[Toby Garbett]]. In 2002, he missed the World Championships due to injury, [[Josh West]] taking his place in the coxless four, and was in the men's eight in 2003 that won the bronze at that year's world championships.

With the injury to [[Alex Partridge]], Coode was moved from the eight to the coxless four for the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in Athens, rowing with Pinsent, Cracknell and Williams. In a close race with World champions Canada, they won gold.