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James Thompson
James Thompson (born 1986, Cape Town) is the South African rower who won 2012 Olympic gold in the lightweight coxless four and the 2014 world title in the lightweight double sculls; other namesakes include the 1928 swimmers Jimmy Thompson and Jim Thompson.
James Tomkins
James Tomkins (James Bruce Tomkins, born 1965), Australian sweep rower; six Olympics 1988–2008, three golds and a bronze; Oarsome Foursome member; only rower world champion in all five sweep events; Thomas Keller Medal 2010.
Jan Jindra
Jan Jindra (1932–2021), Czechoslovak rower from Třeboň; Olympic gold in coxed fours at Helsinki 1952, bronze in eights at Rome 1960; three Games 1952–1960; not the hockey players or other namesakes.
Jan Wienese
Jan Wienese (Henri Jan Wienese), born 1942, Dutch rower with De Amstel Amsterdam who won the 1968 Mexico City Olympic men's single sculls in 7:47.80, the Netherlands' first rowing gold since 1924, beating Jochen Meißner and Alberto Demiddi.
Jana Sorgers
Jana Sorgers (Jana Sorgers-Rau), German rower born 1967 in Neubrandenburg; two Olympic golds in the women's quadruple sculls (Seoul 1988 for GDR, Atlanta 1996 for GER) and seven world titles.
Jana Thieme
Jana Thieme, married name Ullrich, is a retired German rower who won gold in the women's double sculls with Kathrin Boron at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and six world titles.
Jason Read
Jason Read (born 1977, Flemington, New Jersey) is an American rower who won gold in the men's eight at the 2004 Athens Olympics, the first US rowing gold in 40 years, and served as a Ground Zero firefighter-EMT.
Jean Cau
Jean Cau names two Frenchmen: a writer (1925-1993), Sartre's secretary, 1961 Prix Goncourt winner for La Pitié de Dieu and right-wing pamphleteer, and an Olympic rower (1875-1921), 1900 Paris coxed fours gold medalist.
Jean Christophe Bette
Jean Christophe Bette is a French rower born in 1977 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye who won Olympic gold in the lightweight coxless four at the 2000 Sydney Games.
Jean Christophe Rolland
Jean-Christophe Rolland, French rower (born 1968, Condrieu), Olympic coxless pair champion Sydney 2000 with Michel Andrieux, and president of World Rowing (FISA) since 2014, IOC member since 2017.
Jeanne Flanagan
Jeanne Ann Flanagan (born 1957, New Haven, Connecticut) is an American rower with the Boston Rowing Club who won gold in the women's eights at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics after being named to the boycotted 1980 team, with World Championship silver (1981) and bronze (1979).
Jeremie Azou
Jérémie Azou, French lightweight rower (aviron) born 1989 in Avignon; Olympic gold 2016 Rio with Pierre Houin, 4th London 2012 with Stany Delayre; two world and four European titles; retired 2017, now a physiotherapist.
Jess Morrison
Jess Morrison (Jessica Morrison, born 1992, Melbourne) is an Australian rower with Mercantile Rowing Club, Olympic gold in the Tokyo 2020 women's four and bronze in the Paris 2024 pair with Annabelle McIntyre, after switching from swimming.
Jessica Monroe
Jessica Monroe (Monroe-Gonin), born 1966 in Palo Alto, is a Canadian rower who won double gold in coxless fours and eights at Barcelona 1992 and eights silver at Atlanta 1996.
Jim Blair
Jim Blair (James Howard Blair, 1909–1992), American rower from Placerville, California; smallest member of the University of California eight that won gold in the men's eights at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics in 6:37.6. Distinct from golfer Jim Tom Blair and the 1963 Bruins draft pick.
Jim Dunbar
Jim Dunbar (James Ralph Dunbar, 1930-2018), American rower, third seat of the Naval Academy eight that won 1952 Helsinki Olympic gold in the men's eights; later a 28-year Air Force colonel and F-105 pilot in Vietnam.
Jim Fifer
Jim Fifer (James Thomas Fifer, 1930–1986), American rower and US Navy oarsman; with Duvall Hecht he won gold in the coxless pairs at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics after competing in the coxed pairs at Helsinki 1952.
Jim Flanigan
Jim Flanigan (James Showers Flanigan, 1878-1937), American rower of Philadelphia's Vesper Boat Club; won 1904 Olympic gold in the men's eight, fourth seat, beating Toronto Argonauts; also spelled Flanagan.
Jim Hardy
Jim Hardy: primarily James Herbert Hardy (1923-1986), American rower, six-oar in the UC Berkeley eight that won 1948 Olympic gold; also an Australian sailor and a USC quarterback of the same name.
Jim Juvenal
Jim Juvenal (James Benner Juvenal, 1874–1942), American rower of Philadelphia's Vesper Boat Club; Olympic gold in the 1900 men's eight and silver in the 1904 single sculls, later a professional rowing coach.
Jin Ziwei
Jin Ziwei (金紫薇, born 1985) is a Chinese rower who won gold in the women's quadruple sculls at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, China's first Olympic rowing title.
Jiri Havlis
Jiri Havlis (Jiří Havlis), 1932–2010, Czechoslovak rower; won gold in the men's coxed four at Helsinki 1952 with Mejta, Jindra, Lusk, and cox Koranda, the first Czechoslovak Olympic rowing gold, plus 1953 European gold.
Joachim Dreifke
Joachim Dreifke (born 1952, Greifswald) is a German rower who competed for East Germany, Olympic gold in double sculls 1980 with Klaus Kröppelien, bronze single sculls 1976, four world titles, later a coach.
Joachim Spremberg
Joachim Spremberg (1908–1975), German rower of the Berlin Rowing Club, Olympic gold medalist in the men's coxed fours at Los Angeles 1932 (7:19.0, 0.2 s over Italy), and German coxed fours champion 1931 and 1933.
Joachim Werner
Joachim Werner (1939–2010), West German rower with Berliner RC; won gold in men's coxed fours at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics for the Unified Team of Germany, plus 1963 European title; distinct from the archaeologist Joachim Werner.
Joe Amlong
Joe Amlong (Joseph Brian Amlong, 1936–2019), American Olympic rower from Haines, Alaska; won gold in the men's eights for Vesper Boat Club at Tokyo 1964 with brother Tom; West Point 1961, Air Force captain.
Joe Earl
Joe Earl (Athol John Earl), New Zealand rower born 1952, won Olympic gold in the men's eight at Munich 1972 and bronze at Montreal 1976.
Joe Rantz
Joe Rantz (1914–2007), American rower who rowed seat seven for the University of Washington eight that won 1936 Berlin Olympic gold; later a Boeing chemical engineer and central figure of The Boys in the Boat.
Joey Hansen
Joey Hansen (Joseph Hansen), born 1979 in Reno, Nevada, American rower, Oregon State graduate; won gold in the men's eight at the 2004 Athens Olympics, setting a 5:19.85 heat world record, plus 2002 bronze and 2003 silver at Worlds.
John Exley, Jr.
John Onins Exley, Jr. (1867-1938), American rower for Philadelphia's Vesper Boat Club; stroke of the eights that won Olympic gold at Paris 1900 and St. Louis 1904, nicknamed the Iron Man.