Thomas Baroukh (born 15 December 1987) is a French

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 ...

. He competed in the Men's lightweight coxless four event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing in 7th. At the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

, he was part of the French lightweight coxless four that won the bronze medal. The same team, consisting of Baroukh, Franck Solforosi, Guillaume Raineau and Thibault Colard, also won the bronze medal at the

2015 World Rowing Championships The 2015 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 30 August to 6 September 2015 at Lac d'Aiguebelette, Aiguebelette in France. Description The annual week-long rowing regatta was organized by FISA (the ...

and bronze at the 2015 European Rowing Championships. Baroukh's previous team, which included Solforosi, Raineau and Augustin Mouterde won the bronze at the

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and 2014 European Championships. Baroukh and Mouterde won the silver medal in the men's lightweight pair at the

2014 World Rowing Championships The 2014 World Rowing Championships were the 44th edition of the World Rowing Championships and were held from 24 to 31 August 2014 at Bosbaan, Amsterdam in the Netherlands, the second occasion on which the event had been held in Amsterdam, or ...

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* 1987 births Living people French male rowers Olympic rowers for France Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Le Chesnay World Rowing Championships medalists for France Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Yvelines European Rowing Championships medalists {{France-rowing-bio-stub