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Thomas George (rower)

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Tom George
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1994-09-22) 22 September 1994 (age 30)
Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportRowing
EventEight
ClubLeander Club
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Coxless pair
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Eight
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Belgrade Coxless pair
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Plovdiv Eight
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Ottensheim Eight
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Račice Coxless pair
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Varese Eight
Gold medal – first place 2024 Szeged Coxless pair
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lucerne Eight
Silver medal – second place 2022 Oberschleißheim Coxless pair
Silver medal – second place 2023 Bled Coxless pair

Thomas James Edric George (born 22 September 1994) is a British rower.

Career

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George won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, as part of the eight with James Rudkin, Alan Sinclair, Tom Ransley, Moe Sbihi, Oliver Wynne-Griffith, Matthew Tarrant, Will Satch and Henry Fieldman.[1] He won a silver medal in the eight at the 2019 European Rowing Championships.[2] He won another bronze medal at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, Austria as part of the eight with Rudkin, Josh Bugajski, Sbihi, Jacob Dawson, Wynne-Griffith, Tarrant, Thomas Ford and Fieldman.[3]

In 2021, he won a European gold medal in the eight in Varese, Italy.[4] [5]

He switched to the coxless pair, where he teamed up with Oliver Wynne-Griffith and in 2022, won a bronze medal and a silver medal, at the 2022 World and European Championships respectively. The following year in 2023, he repeated the silver success at the 2023 European Rowing Championships and then followed this up with another silver at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, behind the same Swiss pair.[6]

He also holds the world record over the 5 kilometer distance on a rowing machine, with a time of 14.53.9.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "2018 World Championship results" (PDF). World Rowing.
  2. ^ "European Rowing Championships: Great Britain men's four win gold in Lucerne". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  3. ^ "2019 Eight results" (PDF). World Rowing.
  4. ^ "Men's Double Sculls Final A (Final)". World Rowing. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Men's Eight Final FA (Final)". World Rowing. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Rowing - World Championships - 2023". The Sports.org. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Tom George | Blue Carpet Sports Management". www.bluecarpet.co.uk. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
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