James Roe

James Roe MBE (born 28 March 1988) is a British adaptive rower. He was part of the mixed coxed team that won gold at both the 2011 World Rowing Championships and the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Personal life Roe was born on 28 March 1988 in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. He is visually impaired. At the 2010 World Rowing Championships held at Lake Karapiro, New Zealand he won a silver medal with Smith, Riches, Ryan Chamberlain and Jones. They completed the one kilometre course in a time of three minutes, 27.10 seconds, finishing nearly five seconds ahead of runners-up Canada. The result qualified a boat for Great Britain into the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. The crew repeated their gold medal result at the Munich World Cup event in 2012. The crew took gold at Eton Dorney on 2 September.

Roe was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to rowing.