Sir Stephen Geoffrey Redgrave CBE (born on 23 March, 1962, in Marlow, England) is a British rower who won a gold medal at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000, as well as an additional bronze medal in 1988. As the only Briton ever to achieve this feat, Redgrave is widely considered to be Britain's greatest Olympian. Only four other Olympians achieved the same: Pál Kovács, Aladár Gerevich (the only one to surpass it with 6 consecutive golds), Reiner Klimke, …

Silken Suzette Laumann (born November 14, 1964 in Mississauga, Ontario) is a Canadian champion rower. Starting in 1976, Laumann won a number of awards, including a gold medal in quadruple sculls at the U.S. Championships, two gold medals in single sculls at the Pan American Games, a bronze medal at the 1984 Olympics in the double sculls with her sister Daniele. At the 1988 Olympics, Laumann finished seventh in the double scull.

Elisabeta Lipă is a retired rower from Romania, who was born under the name of Elisabeta Oleniuc. She is the most decorated rower in the history of the Olympics, winning five golds, two silvers and one bronze. She holds the record for the most years between gold medals, at 20 years. Lipă debuted at the age of 19 at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where she won her first gold medal in the Double Scull event.

Pertti Johannes Karppinen (born February 17, 1953 in Vehmaa) is a Finnish rower who is legendary for his three consecutive Olympic Gold medals in Single Sculls in 1976, 1980, and 1984. He also won World Championships in 1979 and 1985. He once held the world record in indoor rowing. Karppinen's style was to row a steady race and finish with a devastating sprint. In the early portions of the race, he would often trail his rivals by several boat length, …

Thomas Lange (born February 27, 1964 in Eisleben) is a German rower who won two gold and one bronze Olympic medals in the single scull. Lange, along with legends, Pertti Karppinen, Peter-Michael Kolbe, and Vyacheslav Ivanov are the only rowers to win medals in the single scull in three different Olympics.

Peter-Michael Kolbe (born August 2, 1953 in Hamburg) is a German rower and is one of the greatest single scullers ever. And, with the possible exception of Australia's Stuart Mackenzie, the greatest to have never won an Olympic Gold Medal. He won a record 11 Olympic and World Championship medals in the single scull, including a record 5 Gold Medals in the single scull event at the World Championships. Kolbe's rivalry with Finland's single sculler Pertti Karppinen, …

Nico Rienks (born January 1, 1962 in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel) is a former rower from the Netherlands and two-time Olympic gold medallist. Rienks won the gold medal in the men's double sculls at the 1988 Summer Olympics. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, he repeated his gold medal performance winning the eight with coxswain event with the Holland Acht (Holland Eight).

Agostino Abbagnale (born 25 August 1966) is an Italian rower and Triple Olympic gold medalist. He is also the younger brother of multiple Olympic medalists Carmine Abbagnale and Giuseppe Abbagnale. Abbagnale won his first gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He stroked the Italian Quadruple scull (4x). His brothers Carmine and Giuseppe won gold medals at the same games in the pair with coxswain event (2+).

Peter Thomas Antonie <small>OAM</small> (born May 11, 1958 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former rower from Australia of high acclaim, having competed in a large number of international events. He won the gold medal in the men's double sculls at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Antonie was rewarded the Thomas Keller Medal for his Outstanding International Rowing Career. The prize was awarded by the FISA.

Patrick Sweeney (born August 12, 1952) is a coxswain for Great Britain's rowing team. Sweeney won an Olympic Bronze Medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics with Sir Stephen Redgrave and Andy Holmes, and a Silver Medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the British Men's 8 team. In addition, Sweeney won Gold Medals at the 1977 and 1986 World Rowing Championships and silver medals at the 1974 and 1986 World Championships. Sweeney is also a well-respected rowing coach.

Valentin Robu (born 17 January, 1967) is a Romanian rower who won Olympic silver medals in 1988 and 1992. He is not to be confused with Valentin Robu (AI), a researcher in Artificial Intelligence from the Netherlands, nor with Valentin Robu (philately), the author of a catalogue of Bulgaria and Romania revenue stamps.

Andrew Hancock Sudduth, was one of the best United States rowers of his generation. He was a fixture on the United States National team throughout the 1980s. In 1981, Sudduth first represented the United States at the Under 23 World Championships in the men's eight (8+) which finished second. Later that year, he again represented the United States in the World Rowing Championships, where his four man boat (4+) finished second.

Grant Main (born February 11, 1960 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian rower, who was a member of the Canadian men's eights team that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Harriet van Ettekoven (born January 6, 1961 in Zandvoort, Noord-Holland) is a former international rower from the Netherlands, who won the bronze medal in the Women's Eights at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, alongside Marieke van Drogenbroek, Lynda Cornet, Greet Hellemans, Nicolette Hellemans, Martha Laurijsen, Catharina Neelissen, Anne Quist, and Wiljon Vaandrager. She also competed in the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics.

Danut Dobre (born 20 February, 1967) is a Romanian rower who won Olympic silver medals in 1988 and 1992.

Vasile Tomoiaga was a 1984 Olympic Silver Medallist, along with fellow Romanians Dumitru Răducanu and Dimitrie Popescu. Their team competed in the Men's Rowing event, in the Coxed Pairs division.

Adriana Bazon-Chelariu (born 5 July, 1963) is a Romanian rower who has won three Olympic silver medals in the eights competition.