James Rudkin
British rower (born 1994)
James Rudkin (born 7 July 1994) is a British national representative rower .[ 1]
Club and university rowing
Rudkin was raised in Northampton. He was introduced to rowing by his father and joined the Hollowell Scullers club.[ 1] Stowe School on a sports scholarship[ 2] [ 1]
His senior club rowing was from the Newcastle University Boat Club where he was men's captain in 2015.[ 1]
In 2022, he won the Grand Challenge Cup (the blue riband event at the Henley Royal Regatta ) in the seven seat of a composite Leander/Oxford Brookes crew. In 2023 again in Leander Club colours, he was at seven in the Leander/Oxford Brookes eight for another Grand Challenge Cup victory.[ 3]
International representative career
Rudkin progressed through the underage levels representing for Great Britain. He competed in junior match racing against France in 2010 & 2011[ 1] Junior World Rowing Championships he was selected in the GB quad scull which finished in overall twelfth place.[ 4] U23 World Rowing Championships in 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 the 2017 World Rowing Championships [ 4] 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv , Bulgaria, in the eight with Alan Sinclair , Tom Ransley , Thomas George , Moe Sbihi , Oliver Wynne-Griffith , Matthew Tarrant , Will Satch and Henry Fieldman .[ 5] 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim , Austria in the eight with George, Josh Bugajski , Sbihi, Jacob Dawson , Wynne-Griffith, Tarrant, Thomas Ford and Fieldman.[ 6] 2019 European Rowing Championships .[ 7]
In 2021, he won a European gold medal in the eight in Varese , Italy.[ 8] [ 9] 2020 Tokyo Olympics he 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 the 2022 World Rowing Championships . He had earlier won gold that season at the 2022 European Rowing Championships .[ 10] men's eight at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade.[ 11]
He won a gold medal as part of the Great Britain eight at the 2024 Summer Olympics .[ 12]
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