John William James (13 October 1926 – 22 October 2001) was a New Zealand

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who won a gold medal representing his country in the men's coxed four, alongside

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, John O'Brien, Bill Carroll, and Colin Johnstone (

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), at the

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. James died on 22 October 2001, and his ashes were buried at Pyes Pa Cemetery,

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, with those of his wife, Esme Florence James (née Rasmusen), who died in 2018.

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