Tom James (rower)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tom James

Tom James MBE (born March 11, 1984 in Cardiff ) is a retired British rower , who won Olympic gold in the four-man without a helmsman in 2008 and 2012 .

James won bronze at the Junior World Championships in 2001 in eighth , in 2002 he won in four without silver. In 2003 he played for the British national team for the first time and drove straight to the bronze medal with the eighth. At the 2004 Olympic Games , Tom James was also in eighth place, but had to skip the semifinals due to illness; in the B final the boat came in third place with James, overall the boat finished ninth.

In 2006, Tom James and Colin Smith qualified for the World Championships with a second place at the World Cup in Lucerne , where the two took sixth place in a two-man team . In 2007 Tom James finished third at the World Championships in Munich with the British eighth . In 2008 Tom James competed with Andrew Triggs Hodge , Steve Williams and Peter Reed in a four without a helmsman. After a hard fight with the Australian boat, the British narrowly won the gold medal. After two years without a World Cup start, Tom James returned in 2011 and won two World Cup regattas and the world championship title together with Richard Egington , Matt Langridge and Alex Gregory . For the 2012 Olympic season, the British four-man was newly cast, Alex Gregory, Peter Reed, Tom James and Andrew Triggs Hodge won the World Cup regattas in Belgrade and Lucerne, at the World Cup in Munich the boat took second place behind the Australian four-man. At the Olympic Games in London, the British boat won ahead of the Australians.

Tom James has attended Trinity Hall in Cambridge since 2002 , and in 2007 he obtained his first engineering degree. In 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007 he took part in the Boat Race for Cambridge . In 2007 he had his only victory in this race after taking part in the narrowest defeat in the history of the boat race in 2003 .

Web links

personal data
SURNAME James, Tom
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British rower
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Cardiff