John Collins (rower)
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Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||
Born | 24 January 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Men's double sculls Men's quadruple sculls | |||||||||||||||||||
Club | Leander Club | |||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals | Rio 2016 Tokyo 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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John Collins (born 24 January 1989) is a British rower. He competed at the Olympics in the Double Sculls event at both the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo.[1][2]
Collins won a silver medal at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida, as part of the quadruple sculls with Jack Beaumont, Jonathan Walton, and Graeme Thomas.[3]
In 2021, he won a European bronze medal in the double sculls in Varese, Italy.[4]
In October 2021, Collins completed the 'Metro Marathon Challenge' running 305 miles while visiting 315 London Underground stations, then running the London Marathon within two weeks.[5]
Collins is a member of Leander Club having joined in 2010. In December 2021, he was announced as the new Club Captain.[6]
References[]
- ^ "TOKYO 2020 - GRAEME THOMAS AND JOHN COLLINS 'GUTTED' TO MISS OUT ON MEDAL IN MEN'S DOUBLE SCULLS". eurosport.com/. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ "John Collins". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "2017 World Championship" (PDF). 2017 World Rowing Championships. World Rowing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ "Men's Double Sculls Final A (Final)". World Rowing. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "John Collins takes on Metro Marathon Challenge". britishrowing.org. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ "CLUB CAPTAIN 2022". leander.co.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
External links[]
- John Collins at Rowing Classifieds
- John Collins at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1989 births
- Living people
- British male rowers
- Olympic rowers of Great Britain
- Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain
- European Rowing Championships medalists
- British rowing biography stubs