Editing James Cracknell (section)

{{short description|British rower}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = James Cracknell
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}}
| image = File:Jamescracknell.jpg
| imagesize = 
| caption = Cracknell in August 2009
| birth_name = 
| nationality = [[British nationality law|British]]
| education = [[Kingston Grammar School]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Reading]]<br/>[[UCL Institute of Education]]<br/>[[Brunel University London]]<br/>[[Peterhouse, Cambridge]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|05|5|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Sutton, London]], England
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Bev Turner]]|2002|2019|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Jordan Connell|27 August 2021}}
}}
| residence = London, England
| height = {{convert|1.93|m|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|98|kg|abbr=on}}
| website = 
| country = Great Britain
| sport = Men's [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]]
| event = Coxless fours
| collegeteam = 
| club = [[Leander Club]]
| coach = [[Jürgen Gröbler]]<br /> Mark Banks
| retired = 
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport   | Men's [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]] }}
{{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}}
{{MedalOlympics}}
{{MedalGold    | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four|Coxless four]]}}
{{MedalGold    | [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four|Coxless four]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Rowing Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold    | [[1997 World Rowing Championships|1997 Aiguebelette]] | Coxless four}}
{{MedalGold    | [[1998 World Rowing Championships|1998 Cologne]] | Coxless four}}
{{MedalGold    | [[1999 World Rowing Championships|1999 St. Catharines]] | Coxless four}}
{{MedalGold    | [[2001 World Rowing Championships|2001 Lucerne]] | Coxless pair}}
{{MedalGold    | [[2001 World Rowing Championships|2001 Lucerne]] | Coxed pair }}
{{MedalGold    | [[2002 World Rowing Championships|2002 Seville]] | Coxless pair}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[The Boat Race]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[The Boat Race 2019]] | Cambridge}}
}}

'''James Edward Cracknell''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} (born 5 May 1972) is a British [[rowing (sport)|rowing]]  and endurance athlete, double [[Olympics|Olympic gold medalist]] and winner of six world championship titles.<ref name="Grdn202406">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |title='The man who used to be James Cracknell': the Olympic rower on catastrophe, comas and comebacks: Fascinating Olympians |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/jun/24/james-cracknell-olympic-rower-catastrophe-comas-comebacks-tories-partygate |access-date=25 June 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=24 June 2024}}</ref> Cracknell was appointed [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] for "services to sport" in the [[2005 New Year Honours]] List.