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John Fenning
John Reginald Keith Fenning (1885–1955), British rower of Leander Club; won 1908 Olympic gold in coxless pairs with Gordon Thomson and silver in coxless fours, later a London Hospital doctor.
John Geiger
John Francis Geiger (1873-1956), American rower for Philadelphia's Vesper Boat Club; won gold in the men's eights at the 1900 Paris Olympics in 6:07.8, beating Belgium by six seconds; distinct from John D. Geiger.
John Hunter
John Hunter (John Andrew Hunter), born 1943 in Christchurch, New Zealand rower with Wellington Rowing Club; won gold in the men's eight at Munich 1972 (6:08.94) after placing fourth at Mexico City 1968. Not the surgeon or admiral of the same name.
John Miller
John Miller: name shared by several athletes, chiefly John Lester Miller (1903-1965), American Yale rower, 1924 Paris Olympic gold in men's eights; also an Olympic weightlifter, champion wrestler, and Australian jockey.
John Mulcahy
John Mulcahy (John Joseph Francis Mulcahy, 1876-1942), American Olympic rower; with Bill Varley won 1904 St. Louis gold in double sculls and silver in coxless pairs; founder of Fordham rowing.
John Ørsted Hansen
John Ørsted Hansen (1938–2022), Danish rower of Roforeningen KVIK, Copenhagen; won gold in the men's coxless fours at Tokyo 1964 with Petersen, Helmudt, and Hasløv, plus 1964 European silver and 1966 Henley.
John Sayre
John Anthony Sayre (1936-2023), American rower, University of Washington class of 1958, won Olympic gold in the coxless fours at Rome 1960 and the 1959 Pan-American Games with the Lake Washington Rowing Club.
John Smith (olympedia 121633)
John Smith (Olympedia 121633), South African rower born 1990 in Germiston, TuksSport Pretoria; Olympic gold 2012 lightweight coxless four, also raced 2016, 2020, 2024; distinct from sprinter and wrestler John Smiths.
John Stack
John Charles Stack (1924–1997), American rower from Camden, New Jersey; bow seat of the University of California eight that won gold in the men's eights at the 1948 London Olympics; later an x-ray engineer.
Johnny White
Johnny White (John Galbraith White, 1916-1997), American rower and University of Washington metallurgical engineering graduate; won gold in the men's eights at the 1936 Berlin Olympics with the 'Boys in the Boat' crew, later Bethlehem Steel sales general manager.
Jonny Searle
Jonny Searle (Jonathan William C. Searle, born 1969) is a British Olympic rower, elder brother of Greg Searle; gold in coxed pairs at Barcelona 1992 with Garry Herbert, bronze in coxless fours at Atlanta 1996.
Jorg Friedrich
Jörg Friedrich (born 1959, Rathenow) is an East German rower, Olympic gold medalist in the men's eights at Moscow 1980, world champion in eights 1979 and coxed fours 1981; not the author or bobsledder Friedrich.
Jorg Landvoigt
Jörg Landvoigt (born 1951), East German rower; with twin brother Bernd won Olympic coxless pairs gold 1976 and 1980, bronze in the 1972 eights, and 179 of 180 races in the pair.
Jorg Lucke
Jörg Lucke (born 1942, Berlin) is an East German rower, double Olympic champion: coxless pairs 1968 Mexico City with Heinz-Jürgen Bothe, coxed pairs 1972 Munich with Gunkel and Neubert; also world champion 1975.
Jorg Siebert
Jorg Siebert (Georg Siebert, born 1944, Wetzlar) is a German rower who won gold in the men's eights for West Germany at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics under coach Karl Adam, later CEO of Gelita AG; not the powerlifter or racing driver Sieberts.
Joseph Ryan
Joseph Ryan (Julian Aube Ryan, 1879–1972), American rower for Seawanhaka Boat Club; won 1904 Olympic gold in men's coxless pairs with Robert Farnan, plus the intermediate pairs non-medal event.
Joseph Sullivan
Joseph Sullivan (born 1987, Rangiora, New Zealand) is a rower, not the Uber CSO or Mad Dog killer; Olympic gold 2012 double sculls with Nathan Cohen, world champion 2010-2011, 2017 America's Cup winner.
Judith Zeidler
Judith Zeidler (Judith Ungemach), German rower born 1967 in Beeskow; Olympic gold in the 1988 women's eight for East Germany, bronze 1992 for Germany, world coxless pair champion, aunt of Oliver Zeidler.
Jurgen Litz
Jürgen Litz (born 8 October 1938, Essen) is a German rower, Olympic gold medalist in the men's coxed fours at Rome 1960 (6:39.12) with RC Germania Düsseldorf crewmates Cintl, Effertz, Riekemann, and cox Obst; decorated with the Silver Bay Leaf.
Jurgen Thiele
Jürgen Thiele (born 1959, Altenburg) is an East German rower, 1980 Moscow Olympic gold medalist in the men's coxless four (6:08.17) with Brietzke, Decker, and Semmler; later fourth at the 1981 and 1983 World Championships. Not the water polo player Jürgen Thiel.
Justin Best
Justin Best (born 1997) is an American rower from Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, and Drexel University graduate who won gold in the men's coxless four at Paris 2024, the first US win in the event since 1960, after placing fourth in the Tokyo 2020 eight.
Justus Smith
Justus Ketchum Smith (1922-2013), American rower from Spokane, won Olympic gold in the men's eights at London 1948 in the second seat of the Cal Berkeley eight; later a landscape architect and planning consultant.
Jutta Behrendt
Jutta Behrendt (nee Hampe), East German rower born 1960 in Berlin, 1988 Olympic single sculls champion and five-time world champion (1x 1983, 1986; 4x 1985, 1987, 1989) with SC Dynamo Berlin.
Karin Metze
Karin Metze (later Ulbricht), born 1956 in Meißen, is a German rower who competed for East Germany, winning Olympic gold in the coxed four at Montreal 1976 and in the eight at Moscow 1980, plus world titles in 1977, 1981 and 1982.
Karl Heinz Bußert
Karl-Heinz Bußert (born 1955) is a German rower of SG Dynamo Potsdam who won Olympic quadruple sculls gold for East Germany at Montreal 1976 as a replacement and five World Championship titles, 1977-1982.
Karl Heinz Danielowski
Karl-Heinz Danielowski (born 31 March 1940, Sülldorf) is an East German rowing coxswain, ASK Vorwärts Rostock, who won gold in the men's eight at the 1976 Montreal Olympics and earlier placed seventh in coxed pairs (1964) and eights (1968).
Karl Heinz Hopp
Karl-Heinz Hopp (1936–2007), West German rower, won gold in the men's eights at the 1960 Rome Olympics with the Ratzeburg crew, took three European titles, later competed in modern pentathlon and worked as a veterinarian.
Karl Heinz Prudohl
Karl-Heinz Prudöhl (Karl Heins Prudohl), born 1944, East German rower; won gold in the coxed eight at the 1976 Montréal Olympics, plus 1975 world and 1973 European titles.
Karl Schochlin
Karl Schochlin (1894–1974) was a Swiss rower who won the 1928 Olympic gold medal in the coxed pair, rowing with his brother Hans, and took nine European medals.
Karl Schulze
Karl Schulze, German rower born 1988 in Dresden, two-time Olympic gold medalist in the men's quadruple sculls (London 2012, Rio 2016), 2015 world and 2013 European champion, retired in coastal rowing in 2025.