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James Rudkin
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born(1994-07-07)7 July 1994(age 30)
Northampton,England
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportRowing
EventEight
ClubNewcastle University Boat Club
Medal record
Men'srowing
RepresentingGreat Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Eight
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Eight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Račice Eight
Gold medal – first place 2023 Belgrade Eight
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Plovdiv Eight
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Ottensheim Eight
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Varese Eight
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oberschleißheim Eight
Gold medal – first place 2023 Bled Eight
Gold medal – first place 2024 Szeged Eight
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lucerne Eight

James Rudkin(born 7 July 1994) is a British national representativerower.[1]He is an Olympic and two-time world champion.

Club and university rowing

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Rudkin was raised in Northampton. He was introduced to rowing by his father and joined the Hollowell Scullers club.[1]He attendedStowe Schoolon a sports scholarship[2]and then Newcastle University.[1]

His senior club rowing was from theNewcastle University Boat Clubwhere he was men's captain in 2015.[1]

In 2022, he won theGrand Challenge Cup(the blue riband event at theHenley Royal Regatta) in the seven seat of a composite Leander/Oxford Brookescrew. In 2023 again inLeander Clubcolours, he was at seven in the Leander/Oxford Brookeseight for another Grand Challenge Cup victory.[3]

International representative career

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Rudkin progressed through the underage levels representing for Great Britain. He competed in junior match racing against France in 2010 & 2011[1]and then at the 2012Junior World Rowing Championshipshe was selected in the GB quad scull which finished in overall twelfth place.[4]He then raced in sweep oared crews atU23 World Rowing Championshipsin 2014, 2015 and 2016 winning a silver medal in the men's four at that 2016 regatta.[4]

Rudkin moved into the senior Great Britain squad in 2017 and held a seat in the GB men's eight consistently from 2017 to 2023. That crew finished in seventh place at the2017 World Rowing Championships[4]and achieved constant improvement thereafter. Rudkin won a bronze medal at the2018 World Rowing ChampionshipsinPlovdiv,Bulgaria, in the eight withAlan Sinclair,Tom Ransley,Thomas George,Moe Sbihi,Oliver Wynne-Griffith,Matthew Tarrant,Will SatchandHenry Fieldman.[5]He won another bronze medal the following year at the2019 World Rowing ChampionshipsinOttensheim,Austriain the eight with George,Josh Bugajski,Sbihi,Jacob Dawson,Wynne-Griffith, Tarrant,Thomas Fordand Fieldman.[6]That crew had won silver at the2019 European Rowing Championships.[7]

In 2021, he won a European gold medal in the eight inVarese,Italy.[8] [9]At that year's delayed2020 Tokyo Olympicshe was again in the seven seat of the Great Britain men's eight. They finished 3rd their heat but proceeded through a repechage to make the Olympic final. In the final they rowed level with the ultimate winner New Zealand at each mark but finished with a bronze medal being pipped for silver in the last 500m by the fast finishing Deutschland-Achter.[4]

Rudkin became a world champion in the seven seat of the British eight at the2022 World Rowing Championships.He had earlier won gold that season at the2022 European Rowing Championships.[10]In 2023 Rudkin won a second successive World Championship gold medal in themen's eightat the2023 World Rowing Championshipsin Belgrade.[11]

He won a gold medal as part of the Great Britain eight at the2024 Summer Olympics.[12]

References

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  1. ^abcde"Profile".British Rowing.Retrieved4 July2023.
  2. ^"International Honours".Stowe.Stowe School.Retrieved1 February2023.
  3. ^"Leander, Oxford Brookes and Thames dominate at Henley Royal Regatta".British Rowing.3 July 2023.Retrieved4 July2023.
  4. ^abcdJames Rudkin at World Rowing
  5. ^"2018 World Championship results"(PDF).World Rowing.
  6. ^"2019 Eight results"(PDF).World Rowing.
  7. ^"European Rowing Championships: Great Britain men's four win gold in Lucerne".BBC Sport.BBC. 2 June 2019.Retrieved6 June2019.
  8. ^"Men's Double Sculls Final A (Final)".World Rowing.Retrieved11 June2021.
  9. ^"Men's Eight Final FA (Final)".World Rowing.Retrieved11 June2021.
  10. ^"European Championships Munich 2022: GB win four rowing gold medals".BBC.13 August 2022.Retrieved11 September2022.
  11. ^"Catch-up: World Rowing Championships Finals: GB wins Gold in Men's Eight".BBC Sport.9 September 2023.Retrieved18 September2023.
  12. ^"Britain's men win gold and women bronze in eights".BBC Sport.Retrieved3 August2024.
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