James Hunter (born 24 August 1992) is a New Zealand
rower
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.
At the
2013 World Rowing Championships held at
Tangeum Lake,
Chungju
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The city is famous for the annual martial arts festival held in October. Al ...
in South Korea, he won a silver medal in the lightweight men's four with
James Lassche,
Curtis Rapley, and
Peter Taylor Peter Taylor may refer to:
Arts
* Peter Taylor (writer) (1917–1994), American author, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
* Peter Taylor (film editor) (1922–1997), English film editor, winner of an Academy Award for Film Editing
Politic ...
. At the
2014 World Rowing Championships
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held at
Bosbaan,
Amsterdam
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, he won a silver medal in the lightweight men's four with
Peter Taylor Peter Taylor may refer to:
Arts
* Peter Taylor (writer) (1917–1994), American author, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
* Peter Taylor (film editor) (1922–1997), English film editor, winner of an Academy Award for Film Editing
Politic ...
,
Alistair Bond, and
Curtis Rapley. At the 2017 New Zealand rowing nationals at
Lake Ruataniwha
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, he partnered with
Tom Murray in the premier men's pair and they became national champions for the second year in a row. At the
2017 World Rowing Championships
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Host selection
During 2013, Plovdiv and Sarasota, Florida both applied to host ...
in
Sarasota, Florida
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, he won a bronze medal with Murray.
References
1992 births
Living people
New Zealand male rowers
World Rowing Championships medalists for New Zealand
Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic rowers for New Zealand
21st-century New Zealand sportsmen
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