Jonathan Walton

Not to be confused with Johnathan Walton.

Jonathan Walton

Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1990-10-06) 6 October 1990 (age 34) Leicester, England
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  Great Britain World Championships 2017 Sarasota Quadruple sculls European Championships 2019 Lucerne Quadruple sculls

Jonathan Walton (born 6 October 1990) is a British rower. He competed in the men's double sculls event at the 2016 Summer Olympics alongside John Collins.^[1][2]

Biography

Walton was born in Leicester and attended Groby Community College and Loughborough University. He started rowing at Leicester Rowing Club where he was coached by Howard Marsh. He represented Great Britain at junior and under-23 level before making his senior world championship debut in 2014. In 2016 he won his first World Cup medal, a silver at Poznan, before making his Olympic debut in Rio. Along with John Collins he finished fifth in the final.^[3] He won a silver medal at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida, as part of the quadruple sculls with Jack Beaumont, John Collins and Graeme Thomas.^[4]

References

1. "Jonathan Walton". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
2. "Leicester rower Jonny Walton proud despite just missing out on Rio medal". Leicester Mercury. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
3. "Jonathan 'Jonny' Walton – British Rowing". British Rowing. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
4. "2017 World Championship" (PDF). 2017 World Rowing Championships. World Rowing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2020.

External links

• Jonathan Walton at World Rowing
• Jonathan Walton at Olympics.com
• Jonathan Walton at Olympedia
• Jonathan Walton at Team GB