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About James Tomkins
One of Australia's greatest rowers, James Tomkins is the only rower in history to win world championship titles in every sweep oar event. James together with Mike McKay, Nick Green and Andrew Cooper, took the rowing world by storm in the early 1990's earning the Oarsome Foursome name and reputation with convincing victories in the 1990 and 1991 World Championships, and the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games.
Despite taking a break from competitive rowing for nearly three years they successfully defended their Olympic title in Atlanta at the Olympics in 1996. In March 1997, the Foursome announced their intention to row in front of a home crowd at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
In 1998 the Oarsome Foursome returned to international competition and rowed as a coxed four, winning gold at the World Championships in Cologne. At the same regatta, James teamed up with fellow crew member Nick Green to win gold in the coxed pairs.
In 1999, James and Drew Ginn travelled to Canada for the World Championships and won gold in the coxless pairs. At Sydney 2000, James teamed up with fellow Victorian Matthew Long to row in the coxless pair and went on to win his third consecutive medal at an Olympic Games.
James made his fifth Olympic Games in Athens a memorable one, as he and Drew Ginn rowed to victory in the coxless pairs. Australia's sole Gold of the Athens regatta. In the process, James won his third Olympic Gold medal and elevated himself further into the company of our sporting greats
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