James Rudkin (born 7 July 1994) is a British

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. Rudkin attended

Stowe School , motto_translation = I stand firm and I stand first , established = , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent school, day & boarding , religion = Church of England , president = , head_label = Headmaster ...

. He won a silver medal in the

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at the

2019 European Rowing Championships The 2019 European Rowing Championships was held in Lucerne, Switzerland from 31 May to 2 June 2019.2018 World Rowing Championships The 2018 World Rowing Championships were the World Rowing Championships held at the regatta course in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The event was held from 9 to 16 September. Events held were men and women's open class, lightweight class, and para-rowing. ...

Plovdiv Plovdiv ( bg, Пловдив, ), is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, standing on the banks of the Maritsa river in the historical region of Thrace. It has a population of 346,893 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is the c ...

, Bulgaria, as part of the eight with Alan Sinclair,

Tom Ransley Thomas Matthew Ransley (born 6 September 1985) is a retired British Rowing (sport), rower. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro he was part of the British crew that won the gold medal in the Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men' ...

, Thomas George,

Moe Sbihi Mohamed Karim Sbihi (born 27 March 1988) is a British rower. He is a three-time Olympian and Olympic medal winner. He won a gold medal in the coxless four at 2016 Rio Olympics, and at the 2012 London Olympics he was in the British crew that wo ...

, Oliver Wynne-Griffith,

Matthew Tarrant Matthew T Tarrant (born 11 July 1990) is a British rower. Rowing career Tarrant won a gold medal in the eight at the 2014 World Championships in Bosbaan, Amsterdam. He was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the 2015 Worl ...

Will Satch William Spencer Satch (born 9 June 1989) is a British Rowing (sport), rower and Olympic gold medallist. Rowing career Satch was educated at Shiplake College near Henley-on-Thames in southeast Oxfordshire. His rowing coach was New Zealand go ...

and

Henry Fieldman Henry Fieldman (born 25 November 1988) is a British rowing coxswain. He has been twice a world champion. Rowing career Fieldman competed at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Bosbaan, Amsterdam, where he won a silver medal steering the coxe ...

. He won another bronze medal the following year at the

2019 World Rowing Championships The 2019 World Rowing Championships were held in Ottensheim, Austria from 25 August to 1 September 2019. Apart from Ottensheim, the right to host the championships was contested by Hamburg in Germany, Račice in the Czech Republic, and Varese ...

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as part of the eight with George, Josh Bugajski, Sbihi, Jacob Dawson, Wynne-Griffith, Tarrant, Thomas Ford and Fieldman. In 2021, he won a European gold medal in the eight in

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, Italy.

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James Rudkin at British Rowing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rudkin, James Living people 1994 births British male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain 21st-century British people People educated at Stowe School