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16 Facts About Tom James

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Thomas James MBE was born on 11 March 1984 and is a British rower, twice Olympic champion and victorious Cambridge Blue.

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Tom James was born in Cardiff and spent part of his childhood in Berlin, Germany as his father was an officer in the British Army, but considers his hometown to be the village of Coedpoeth, near Wrexham.

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Tom James was educated at Packwood Haugh School near Ruyton-XI-Towns, and then at The King's School, Chester.

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Tom James was a keen sportsman and played football and rugby before being diagnosed with Osgood–Schlatter disease, forcing him to switch to rowing instead.

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Tom James went up to Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 2002, obtaining his undergraduate degree in engineering in 2007.

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Whilst at Cambridge University, Tom James was a member of Cambridge University Boat Club and took part in The Boat Race four times in five years between 2003 and 2007.

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Tom James stroked the Great Britain Eight, which won a bronze medal at the World Championships in Milan.

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Tom James took a year off from his studies at Cambridge, and trained with the Leander Club in Henley-on-Thames.

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Tom James was then selected in the GB coxed four for the world championships in Munich, but was promoted to the bow seat of the eight when the original incumbent fell ill on the morning of the heats.

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Tom James was then selected for the GB coxless four along with Andy Triggs-Hodge, Steve Williams and Pete Reed.

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11.

At the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia, Tom James raced in the men's four with crew-mates Matt Langridge, Ric Egington and Alex Gregory winning a gold medal ahead of Greece in second and Australia in third.

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Tom James was awarded the Freedom of the Borough of Wrexham after successfully defending his gold medal in the coxless fours event at the 2012 Olympics.

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13.

Tom James was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2009 New Year Honours.

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14.

Tom James was appointed a Steward of the Henley Royal Regatta in 2014.

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15.

On 2 January 2015 Tom James was a member of the winning team on Christmas University Challenge, representing Trinity Hall, Cambridge who defeated Balliol College, Oxford, the University of Edinburgh and the University of Hull.

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Tom James's teammates were world champion cyclist Emma Pooley, novelist Adam Mars-Jones, and actor Dan Starkey.

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