Jonathan Walton (born 6 October 1990) is a British rower. He competed in the men's double sculls event at the 2016 Summer Olympics alongside

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Biography

Walton was born in Leicester and attended Groby Community College and

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. He started rowing at

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where he was coached by Howard Marsh. He represented Great Britain at junior and under-23 level before making his senior world championship debut in 2014. In 2016 he won his first World Cup medal, a silver at Poznan, before making his Olympic debut in Rio. Along with John Collins he finished fifth in the final. He won a silver medal at the

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, as part of the quadruple sculls with Jack Beaumont, John Collins and

Graeme Thomas Graeme Edward Thomas (born 8 November 1988) is a British rower. Rowing career Thomas competed at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, where he won a bronze medal as part of the quad sculls with Sam Townsend, Charles Cousins and Pe ...

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* 1990 births Living people British male rowers Olympic rowers for Great Britain Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain {{UK-rowing-bio-stub