Graeme Thomas
Rower // Men's Squad
Club: Agecroft RC
Hometown: Preston, Lancashire

Outside the boat Graeme is passionate about the environment and has turned half his garden into a wildflower patch, installed bird houses, bee hotels and bat boxes.
As an athlete representative on the British Rowing sustainability working group he hopes to spread awareness of issues close to the river and beyond. He is currently studying a masters in management and sustainability at Keele University.
Graeme was selected for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games but was taken ill before the start of the regatta and had to fly home without lifting a blade. He returned for both the delayed Tokyo 2022 Games and for Paris 2024, narrowly missing out on a podium spot in the Men’s Double Sculls and Men’s Quadruple Sculls respectively. Graeme is hoping to make it 4th time lucky by being selected for LA 2028 and to compete for that elusive Olympic medal.
Graeme is an ambassador for two organisations in the north west, the first being Greater Manchester Youth Rowing and the second the North West Scouting Association. Goals beyond rowing include becoming a freediving instructor and building an eco house in the countryside.
On The Water
GB Competitive Record
Year | Event | Result | Boat |
---|---|---|---|
2024 | Olympic Rowing Regatta Paris, FRA |
4 | M4x |
2024 | World Rowing Cup II Lucerne, SUI |
4 | M4x |
2024 | European Rowing Championships Szeged, HUN |
4 | M4x |
2024 | World Rowing Cup I Varese, ITA |
M4x | |
2022 | World Rowing Championships Racice, CZE |
M1x | |
2022 | European Rowing Championships Munich, GER |
5th | M1x |
2022 | World Rowing Cup III Lucerne, SUI |
M1x | |
2022 | World Rowing Cup I Belgrade, SRB |
M1x | |
2020 | Olympic Games Regatta Tokyo, JPN |
4th | M2x |
2021 | World Rowing Cup II Lucerne, SUI |
4th | M2x |
2021 | European Rowing Championships Varese, ITA |
M2x | |
2019 | World Rowing Championships Linz Ottensheim, AUT |
4th | M2x |
2019 | World Rowing Cup III Rotterdam, NED |
M2x | |
2019 | World Rowing Cup II Poznan, POL |
M2x | |
2019 | European Rowing Championships Lucerne, SUI |
4th | M2x |
2018 | World Rowing Championships Plovdiv, BUL |
7th (1st in B Final) | M4x |
2018 | European Rowing Championships Glasgow, GBR |
6th | M4x |
2018 | World Rowing Cup III Lucerne, SUI |
M4x | |
2018 | World Rowing Cup II Linz Ottensheim, AUT |
7th (1st in B Final) | M4x |
2018 | World Rowing Cup I Belgrade, SRB |
M4x | |
2017 | World Rowing Championships Sarasota-Bradenton, USA |
7th (1st in B Final) | M2x |
2016 | World Rowing Cup III Poznan, POL |
5th | M4x |
2016 | World Rowing Cup II Lucerne, SUI |
M4x | |
2016 | European Rowing Championships Brandenburg, GER |
5th | M4x |
2015 | World Rowing Championships Aiguebelette, FRA |
4th | M4x |
2015 | World Rowing Cup II Varese, ITA |
M4x | |
2015 | European Rowing Championships Poznan, POL |
M4x | |
2014 | World Rowing Championships Amsterdam, NED |
M4x | |
2014 | World Rowing Cup III Lucerne, SUI |
M4x | |
2014 | World Rowing Cup II Aiguebelette, FRA |
M4x | |
2014 | European Rowing Championships Belgrade, SRB |
M4x | |
2013 | World Rowing Championships Chungju, KOR |
M4x | |
2013 | World Rowing Cup II Eton, GBR |
5th | M4x |
2013 | World Rowing Cup I Sydney, AUS |
M4x | |
2012 | European Championships Varese, ITA |
4th | M1x |
2012 | World Rowing Cup III Munich, GER |
4th | M1x |
2011 | European Championships Plovdiv, BUL |
5th | M2x |
- Year:
- 2024
- Event:
- Olympic Rowing Regatta
Paris, FRA - Result:
- 4
- Boat:
- M4x
- Year:
- 2024
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Lucerne, SUI - Result:
- 4
- Boat:
- M4x
- Year:
- 2024
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Szeged, HUN - Result:
- 4
- Boat:
- M4x
- Year:
- 2024
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup I
Varese, ITA - Result:
- Boat:
- M4x
- Year:
- 2022
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Racice, CZE - Result:
- Boat:
- M1x
- Year:
- 2022
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Munich, GER - Result:
- 5th
- Boat:
- M1x
- Year:
- 2022
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI - Result:
- Boat:
- M1x
- Year:
- 2022
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup I
Belgrade, SRB - Result:
- Boat:
- M1x
- Year:
- 2020
- Event:
- Olympic Games Regatta
Tokyo, JPN - Result:
- 4th
- Boat:
- M2x
- Year:
- 2021
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Lucerne, SUI - Result:
- 4th
- Boat:
- M2x
- Year:
- 2021
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Varese, ITA - Result:
- Boat:
- M2x
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Linz Ottensheim, AUT - Result:
- 4th
- Boat:
- M2x
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Rotterdam, NED - Result:
- Boat:
- M2x
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Poznan, POL - Result:
- Boat:
- M2x
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Lucerne, SUI - Result:
- 4th
- Boat:
- M2x
- Year:
- 2018
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Plovdiv, BUL - Result:
- 7th (1st in B Final)
- Boat:
- M4x
- Year:
- 2018
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Glasgow, GBR - Result:
- 6th
- Boat:
- M4x
- Year:
- 2018
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI - Result:
- Boat:
- M4x
- Year:
- 2018
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Linz Ottensheim, AUT - Result:
- 7th (1st in B Final)
- Boat:
- M4x
- Year:
- 2018
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup I
Belgrade, SRB - Result:
- Boat:
- M4x
- Year:
- 2017
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Sarasota-Bradenton, USA - Result:
- 7th (1st in B Final)
- Boat:
- M2x
- Year:
- 2016
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Poznan, POL - Result:
- 5th
- Boat:
- M4x
- Year:
- 2016
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Lucerne, SUI - Result:
- Boat:
- M4x
- Year:
- 2016
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Brandenburg, GER - Result:
- 5th
- Boat:
- M4x
- Year:
- 2015
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Aiguebelette, FRA - Result:
- 4th
- Boat:
- M4x
- Year:
- 2015
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Varese, ITA - Result:
- Boat:
- M4x
- Year:
- 2015
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Poznan, POL - Result:
- Boat:
- M4x
- Year:
- 2014
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Amsterdam, NED - Result:
- Boat:
- M4x
- Year:
- 2014
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI - Result:
- Boat:
- M4x
- Year:
- 2014
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Aiguebelette, FRA - Result:
- Boat:
- M4x
- Year:
- 2014
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Belgrade, SRB - Result:
- Boat:
- M4x
- Year:
- 2013
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Chungju, KOR - Result:
- Boat:
- M4x
- Year:
- 2013
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Eton, GBR - Result:
- 5th
- Boat:
- M4x
- Year:
- 2013
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup I
Sydney, AUS - Result:
- Boat:
- M4x
- Year:
- 2012
- Event:
- European Championships
Varese, ITA - Result:
- 4th
- Boat:
- M1x
- Year:
- 2012
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Munich, GER - Result:
- 4th
- Boat:
- M1x
- Year:
- 2011
- Event:
- European Championships
Plovdiv, BUL - Result:
- 5th
- Boat:
- M2x