James Tomkins (rower)

James Tomkins

OAM OLY

Personal information
Born	(1965-08-19) 19 August 1965 (age 59)[1] Sydney, New South Wales
Education	Carey Baptist Grammar School
Occupation	Financial Services
Height	200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight	98 kg (15 st 6 lb; 216 lb)
Sport
Club	Mercantile Rowing Club
Coached by	Noel Donaldson
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  Australia Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Coxless four 1996 Atlanta Coxless four 2004 Athens Coxless pair 2000 Sydney Coxless pair World Championships 1986 Nottingham Eight 1990 Tasmania Coxless four 1991 Vienna Coxless four 1998 Cologne Coxed four 1998 Cologne Coxed pair 1999 St. Catharines Coxless pair 2003 Milan Coxless pair Commonwealth Games 1986 Edinburgh Eight 1986 Edinburgh Coxed four
Updated on 7 December 2016

James Bruce Tomkins (born 19 August 1965) is an Australian rower, seven-time World Champion and a three-time Olympic gold medalist. He is Australia's most awarded oarsman, having made appearances at six Olympic games (for three gold and one bronze medal);^[2] eleven World Championships (for seven world titles including one in each of the five sweep oar events);^[2] four Rowing World Cups (for two titles) and eighteen state representative King's Cup appearances – the Australian blue riband men's VIII event, (for fifteen victories, ten as stroke).^[2] Tomkins is one of only five Australian athletes^[2] and four rowers worldwide to compete at six Olympics. From 1990 to 1998 he was the stroke of Australia's prominent world class crew – the coxless four known as the Oarsome Foursome.