Jonathan Walton

Jonathan Walton is a British rower. He competed in the Rowing at the [2016 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls|men's double sculls] event at the 2016 Summer Olympics alongside John Collins.

Biography

Walton was born in Leicester and attended Groby [Community College] and Loughborough University. He started rowing at Leicester Rowing Club 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 2017 [World Rowing Championships] in Sarasota, Florida, as part of the quadruple sculls with Jack Beaumont, John Collins and Graeme Thomas.