James Edward Cracknell, (born 5 May 1972) is a British athlete,

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champion and double

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. Cracknell was appointed OBE for "services to sport" in the

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List.

Biography

Cracknell began rowing whilst attending the independent

Kingston Grammar School Kingston Grammar School is an independent co-educational day school in Kingston upon Thames, England. The school was founded by Royal Charter in 1561 but can trace its roots back to at least the 13th century.

and rowed at the Junior World Championships in 1989 and 1990, winning a gold medal in 1990. He graduated from the

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as a

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(BSc) in

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in 1993, followed by a PGCE at the

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and a

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(MSc) from

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in 1999. Moving into the senior squad, Cracknell made numerous appearances in the World Rowing Championships; however, he did not win any medals prior to the

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. He qualified in the double scull for the 1996 Games, but fell ill with

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and was unable to race. In 1997, he won a seat in the men's coxless fours, with

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and Tim Foster. With this crew, he won the World Rowing Championships in 1997, 1998 and 1999 (with Ed Coode replacing the injured Foster), and finally the gold medal at the

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. In August 2000, the month prior to winning gold in Sydney, he took part in a 3-part BBC documentary entitled

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. This followed the coxless four team in the years leading up to the Olympics, including video diaries recording the highs and lows in their quest for gold. With Redgrave then having retired, Cracknell swapped from rowing on strokeside to bowside to join Pinsent in the coxless pairs. The pair won the World Championships in 2001, when they also won the coxed pairs, and 2002. However, in 2003 a disappointing season was capped by a failure to win the World Championships, and Pinsent and Cracknell were shifted into the coxless four, with Steve Williams and

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. Ed Coode replaced the injured Partridge in time for the

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and this crew won the gold medal in Athens, beating world champions Canada by 0.08s. He came second in the pairs division of the 2005–2006

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in "''Spirit of EDF Energy''", partnered by Ben Fogle. Although they took first place in the line honours of the pairs event (overall, they were third to finish the race behind the two men's fours), the use of ballast water during the race resulted in the pair being moved to second position of the pairs event in accordance with the race rules. The event helped raise money for Children in Need. They made landfall in

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at 07.13 GMT on 19 January 2006, a crossing time of 49 days, 19 hours and 8 minutes. In February 2006, he announced his decision to retire from competitive rowing. Shortly after, '' Through Hell and High Water'', a BBC/ Twofour television programme of Cracknell and Fogle's experience of the

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race, was aired. The pair wrote a book called ''The Crossing: Conquering the Atlantic in the World's Toughest Rowing Race'', about their trip. On 4 March 2006, Cracknell's home was burgled: his Olympic gold medals were stolen, together with his wedding ring and a computer containing 20,000 words of a new book and family photographs. The gold medals were subsequently recovered by a neighbour's dog where the thief had discarded them. The thief, Mark Murphy, 30, was caught and jailed. He ran the

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on 23 April 2006, in a time of 3 hours, finishing over an hour ahead of his rowing teammate Matthew Pinsent. In January 2008 Cracknell set up Threshold Sports with Julian Mack and Charlie Beauchamp. In December 2008 he set off yet again with former teammate from the Atlantic Row, Ben Fogle, and Dr Ed Coats (the winner of a nationwide search), this time to take part in the inaugural Amundsen Omega3 South Pole Race. The team traversed the 473.6 miles suffering frostbite, infected blisters, dramatic weight-loss, pneumonia and exhaustion and came second only to a pair of

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(over 20 hours). The BBC aired a 5 x 1-hour, prime-time Sunday night series of the adventure, '' On Thin Ice'' (Twofour), in June–July 2009. The series was accompanied by a self-penned book of the race, ''Race to the Pole'' (MacMillan). In July 2008 Cracknell competed in the European Triathlon Championships for GBR for his age group and in November 2009 he took part in the

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. In April 2009, James completed the 125-mile non-stop Devizes to Westminster Canoe Marathon in a two-man racing K2 kayak with canoe partner Bernie Shosbree. JamesCracknell

In August 2009 Cracknell attempted to break the non-stop Land's End to John O'Groats mixed tandem world record along with Olympic gold medallist

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. The pair got just past Johnstone Bridge in Scotland before being forced to stop due to problems with Romero's knees. They were on course to break the record by over three hours. The attempt was to launch the 2010 Ride Across Britain that Cracknell's company organised In April 2010 Cracknell became the highest placed Briton ever in the 25-year history of the Marathon des Sables, finishing 12th. His exploits were filmed for a Discovery Channel documentary ''The Toughest Race on Earth'' to be aired in October 2010. This highest ever placing was beaten in 2013 by another Briton, Danny Kendall who finished 10th. Six months after his cycling accident which damaged his frontal lobe (see below), Cracknell competed in the

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. He finished second in the 430-mile race across the frozen Alaskan countryside, beaten only by British cyclist Alan Sheldon who beat Cracknell's 163:20 with his own 99:30. Cracknell's participation in the race was filmed for the documentary The Coldest Race on Earth aired on the Discovery Channel. He ran the 2012 London Marathon in just under three hours, one of the fastest celebrities, but behind

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. In 2018, Cracknell enrolled at

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to study for a

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degree in

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. On 7 April 2019, Cracknell became the oldest competitor, and oldest winner, for

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in the 2019 Boat Race; at the age of 46 he became the oldest rower in the event's history by 10 years. In 2019, Cracknell participated in the seventeenth series of ''

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'', where he was partnered with professional dancer

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. He was the first celebrity to be eliminated from the show after losing the dance off to

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and Nadiya Bychkova. He competed in the third series of '' Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins''. In 2021, Cracknell again ran the London Marathon with a time of 2:55:39.

Presenting and journalism

Cracknell has presented sport on ITV,

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and BBC. He covered The Boat Race 2007 with

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for ITV and is the presenter of ITV's coverage of the

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. He is also the main presenter of Channel 4's Red Bull Air Race World Series coverage. He is a contracted columnist with ''

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'' writing about various topics including sport, motoring, gardening, cookery and others.

Charitable activities

From 27 February 2008 James Cracknell covered over 1,400 miles from Britain to Africa in 10 days, rowing, cycling and swimming. He rowed from

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, England to Cap Gris Nez, France, then cycled to Tarifa, Spain, and finally swam across the

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from Tarifa to Punta Cires, Morocco. The comedian David Walliams joined him for the final part of his journey providing support from his previous experience of swimming the

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. The money raised by the challenge went towards the BBC's

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charity, with highlights of the action broadcast on 14 March. He was the

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guest at The WiG GiG which raise over £10,000 for

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. In January 2009, Cracknell took part in the Amundsen Omega 3 South Pole Race with his TV presenter friend Ben Fogle and Dr Ed Coats as members of ''Team QinetiQ'', finishing in second, 20 hours behind the winning Norwegian team. The race and the reasons behind was broadcast on BBC Television during summer 2009 in the series '' On Thin Ice''. The trio raised funds for the

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's medical research charity Sparks, chosen as the charity partner in memory of Cracknell's niece, Eva, who died at six days old after suffering oxygen deprivation at birth. On Saturday 3 October 2009, Cracknell and Ben Fogle started a 60-hour (estimated) journey from

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to London riding a

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in support of

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. They aimed to arrive in time for the ''

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'' ceremony on Monday 5 October 2009. They endured storm force gales in

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and

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on their first day of the 450-mile ride. Early on the last day they made a stop at Etonbury Middle School in Arlesey, off the

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to London, where about 100 children welcomed them and to wave them on their way.

Cycling accident, helmet advocacy

On 20 July 2010, Cracknell was hit from behind by a petrol tanker whilst cycling during an attempt to cycle, row, run and swim from

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to New York within 18 days. The accident happened at around 5.30am on a quiet stretch of road outside

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. He has attributed his survival to wearing a

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at the time. In the crash he suffered a

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to the frontal lobes of his brain. In 2012 Cracknell and his then-wife wrote ''Touching Distance'' about his life before and after his brain injury, which has left him with epilepsy and a changed personality. Since the accident he has been conspicuous in advocating the use of bicycle helmets.

European Parliament candidate

Having been a prominent supporter of the NOtoAV campaign in the

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, in June 2013 Cracknell revealed his intention to stand in the European Parliament election of 2014. He commented "The European Union is going to have an effect on my children and grandchildren. I'd like to think I can have an effect - bring a fresh perspective. It's not something I have to do, it's something I want to do." In October 2013, Cracknell was announced as a

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candidate in South West England and Gibraltar, together with

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, Georgina Butler,

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and Melissa Maynard.Your candidates for the European Parliament Elections 2014
30 October 2013, devizesconservatives.com Although he was at number 3 on the Conservative

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, Cracknell was unsuccessful.

Personal life

In 2002, Cracknell married TV presenter Beverley Turner. The couple had three children: a son, Croyde (born October 2003), and two daughters, Kiki (born March 2009) and Trixie (born April 2011). They announced their separation on 29 March 2019 after 17 years of marriage. In January 2021, he announced his engagement to Jordan Connell. They were married in August 2021.

Achievements

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Medals: 2 Gold *

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Medals: 6 Gold * Junior World Championship Medals: 1 Gold

Olympic games

* 2004 – Gold, Coxless Four (with

, Steve Williams, Ed Coode) * 2000 – Gold, Coxless Four (with Matthew Pinsent, Tim Foster,

)

World championships

* 2003 – 4th, Coxless Pair (with

) * 2002 – Gold, Coxless Pair (with

) * 2001 – Gold, Coxless Pair (with

) * 2001 – Gold, Coxed Pair (with

, Neil Chugani) * 1999 – Gold, Coxless Four (with

, Ed Coode,

) * 1998 – Gold, Coxless Four (with

, Tim Foster,

) * 1997 – Gold, Coxless Four (with

, Tim Foster,

) * 1995 – 10th, Double Sculls * 1994 – 8th, Eight * 1993 – 6th, Eight * 1991 – 7th, Coxless Four (with John Garrett, Gavin Stewart, James Walker)

Junior world championships

* 1990 – Gold, Coxless Four * 1989 – 10th, Coxed Pair

Boat Race

* 2019 -

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, rowing for the

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World Records

* 2020 - British Indoor Rowing Marathon Record for Heavyweight 40-49 Men

Styles

* James Cracknell (1972–2001) * James Cracknell, MBE (2001–2004) * James Cracknell, OBE (2004-date)

National honour

Order of the British Empire (Civil) Ribbon

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(OBE)

References

External links

James Cracknell's personal website

Atlantic Rowing Race

Amundsen Omega 3 South Pole Race

James Cracknell's column archive
elegraph.co.uk
''Gold Fever''
at

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BBC Woman's Hour interview with James' wife, Beverley Turner
bc.co.uk
James Cracknell at www.standard.co.uk
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