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Graeme Edward Thomas (born 8 November 1988) is a British rower. [1]
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Graeme Edward Thomas (born 8 November 1988) is a British rower. [1]
Thomas competed at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, where he won a bronze medal as part of the quad sculls with Sam Townsend, Charles Cousins and Peter Lambert. [2] The following year he competed at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Bosbaan, Amsterdam, where he won a silver medal as part of the quadruple sculls with Townsend, Cousins and Lambert. [3] [4]
He was selected for the quadruple sculls for the 2016 Olympics, but illness forced him to withdraw shortly before racing started. [5] He won a silver medal at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida, as part of the quadruple sculls with Jack Beaumont, Jonathan Walton and John Collins. [6]
In 2021, he won a European bronze medal in the double sculls in Varese, Italy. [7] Then he won the Diamond Challenge Sculls (the premier event for single sculls) at the Henley Royal Regatta. [8]
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