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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 July 1994 Northampton, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Eight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Newcastle University Boat Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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James Rudkin (born 7 July 1994) is a British national representative rower. [1] He is a two-time world champion and an Olympic bronze medallist.
Rudkin was raised in Northampton. He was introduced to rowing by his father and joined the Hollowell Scullers club. [1] He attended Stowe School on a sports scholarship [2] and then Newcastle University. [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]
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 2012 Junior World Rowing Championships he was selected in the GB quad scull which finished in overall twelfth place. [4] He then raced in sweep oared crews at 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] and achieved constant improvement thereafter. Rudkin won a bronze medal at the 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] He won another bronze medal the following year at the 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] That crew had won silver at the 2019 European Rowing Championships. [7]
In 2021, he won a European gold medal in the eight in Varese, Italy. [8] [9] At that year's delayed 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] In 2023 Rudkin won a second successive World Championship gold medal in the men's eight at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade. [11]
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