Rupert Obholzer (born 27 March 1970 in Cape Town

Cape Town

Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...

) is a British rower. He was educated at Hampton School

Hampton School

Hampton School is an independent boys' day school in Hampton, London, England.-History:In 1556, Robert Hammond, a wealthy brewer who had acquired property in Hampton, left in his will provision for the maintenance of a 'free scole' and to build a small schoolhouse 'with seates in yt' in the...

 along with Johnny and Greg Searle and then Oxford University where is stroked the dark blue boat to victory in the 1991 Boat Race. He won a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in the four with Johnny Searle, Greg Searle

Greg Searle

Gregory Mark Pascoe Searle MBE is a British Olympic rower educated at Hampton School and London South Bank University....

 and Tim Foster

Tim Foster

Timothy "Tim" James Carrington Foster MBE is a British rower. He began rowing at Bedford Modern School and competed in the Junior World Rowing Championships in 1987 and 1988. In the latter he competed in a pair with a Matthew Pinsent. He became the first British rower to win gold medals at two...

. He was later umpire of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race.
He trained as a doctor while rowing, and is now a consultant ear nose and throat surgeon at Guys Hospital specialising in diseases of the ear and base of the skull.