James Thompson (born 18 November 1986) is a South African

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is di ...

. He attended school at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. He joined the Tuks rowing club and received a Sport Sciences degree from the University of Pretoria. Thompson won a gold medal in the Men's lightweight coxless four event at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, with teammates John Smith,

Matthew Brittain Matthew Brittain (born 5 May 1987) is a South African rower. He won a gold medal in the Men's lightweight coxless four event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, with teammates James Thompson, John Smith and Sizwe Ndlovu Sizwe Lawrence Ndlovu (bo ...

, and

Sizwe Ndlovu Sizwe Lawrence Ndlovu (born 24 September 1980) is a South African rower. He won a gold medal in the Men's lightweight coxless four event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. It was South Africa's first ever Olympic gold medal for rowing. The rest of t ...

. Thompson retired as a professional rower on 4 February 2017 after competing at the Rock the Boat regatta at

Roodeplaat Dam Roodeplaat Dam is a concrete arch dam situated in South Africa on the Pienaars River (also known along parts of its length as the Moretele River and Moreleta Spruit), a tributary of the Crocodile River, which flows northwards into the Limpopo Ri ...

. Thompson and

were instrumental in setting up the John Waugh Rock The Boat Series.https://www.teamsa.co.za/olympians-world-champions-take-on-the-rest-at-roodeplaat/

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* 1986 births Living people South African male rowers Olympic rowers for South Africa Olympic gold medalists for South Africa Olympic medalists in rowing Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Cape Town Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Alumni of St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown World Rowing Championships medalists for South Africa South African people of British descent 21st-century South African people {{SouthAfrica-rowing-bio-stub