John Smith (South African rower)

John Smith ( born January 12, 1990 in Germiston ) is a South African rower and Olympic champion in 2012 in the lightweight coxless four.

Career

The 1.91 -meter rowing Smith for the sports club of the University of Pretoria.

John Smith began in 2006 with the rowing. In 2009, he took along with Matthew Brittain in uncontrolled lightweight two fourth place in both the U23 World Championships and at the World Championships in Poznan. 2010 won the two at the U23 World Championships. The World Rowing Championships 2010, the South African lightweight coxless four with Anthony Knight, James Thompson, John Smith and Lawrence Ndlovu came in eleventh place. Also eleventh place was taken by the South African four in the cast Thompson, Brittain, Smith and Paladin in the World Rowing Championships 2011. In World Cup 2012 South African quad came in Lucerne in the cast Thompson, Brittain, Smith and Ndlovu and took second place behind the Chinese quad, but lay before the British and the Danes. In the 2012 Olympics, the Chinese did not reach the finals, the South African foursome with Thompson, Brittain, Smith and Ndlovu won Olympic Gold in front of the hosts from the UK and the Olympic title holders from Denmark. This gold medal was the first Olympic gold medal for South African rowers at all and the second medal after bronze in the coxless pairs in 2004.

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