Tom Wilson (rower)

Thomas Jack Wilson is a British Indoor rowing champion and personal trainer who won the 2024 British Indoor Rowing Championships. He has also placed 2nd in European, and World Championships in 2023. He has the role "Hammer" in the BBC sports entertainment game show Gladiators.
Thomas Jack Wilson was born in Nottinghamshire, England, in March 1992. He attended the present St Peter's Church of England Junior School. Representing his hometown of Nottingham, he secured the silver medal in World Rowing Indoor Championships in February 2024, held in Prague, Czechia.
In 2025, Wilson, standing at massive 6 ft 6 in and roughly 19 st, was named as one of the new Gladiators for the second series of the hit UK endurance sports show, taking the brute moniker "Hammer". Upon joining the show in the Quarter Finals stage of the competition, he described himself as "Hard hitting, powerful, quick, explosive and surprising" – a versatile Gladiator, despite his huge frame. He said his build "sets him apart from everyone else".
Outside of the rowing boat, Wilson is also a personal trainer, and has gained following on his Instagram, where he shares exercise tips as well as updates from his personal life. Wilson was engaged to his fiancée Chelsea Atkin in May 2023.