John Smith (born 12 January 1990) 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 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 James Thompson,

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 ...

. In 2014, he won the men's lightweight double sculls with Thompson at the

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

, setting a world's best time. The pair also competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. He also won the World U-23 men's lightweight pair world championship with Lawrence Brittain in 2010, and competed in the men's four at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

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* 1990 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 Germiston Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for South Africa South African people of British descent Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century South African people {{SouthAfrica-Olympic-medalist-stub