- James Tomkins
James Tomkins (born August 19, 1965 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian rower and a three-time Olympic gold medalist.
- Derek Porter
Derek Porter (born November 2, 1967 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an olympic rower from Canada. Porter won his gold medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics, stroking the Canadian Men's Eight. In a photo finish, the Canadian boat won by 0.14 seconds, just nipping Romania, with two-time defending World Champion Germany just 1.5 seconds back in third. The Canadian time of 5:29.53 is still the fastest ever rowed in an Olympic final.
- Nick Green
Nick Green is a former Australian Olympics rowing champion. He was educated at Xavier College in Kew, Melbourne and at Melbourne High School. He competed in two Olympic Games - 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics, and was known as one of the "Oarsome Foursome". He was one of the eight flag-bearers of the Olympic Flag at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Silken Laumann
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.
- Greg Searle
Greg Searle (born 20 March 1972) is a British Olympic rower educated at Hampton School and London South Bank University. Greg Searle is an Olympic gold medalist, winning the coxed pairs event at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics with his brother Jonny Searle. He also won a World Championships gold medal in 1993. In the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, he finished third in the coxless four event. He was a finalist in the coxless pairs at the 2000 Sydney Olympics with Ed Coode, …
- Rob Waddell
Robert ("Rob") Norman Waddell, ONZM, (born January 7, 1975 in Te Kuiti) is a New Zealand rower, yachtsman and rugby player. In 1998, he married fellow rower Sonia Scown. Waddell won the single scull at the rowing World Championships in 1998 and 1999, and the gold medal in the Single Sculls at the 2000 Summer Olympics. During his World Championship period, Waddell had several closely contested races with Xeno Müller, the 1996 Summer Olympics champion.
- Elisabeta Lipă
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.
- Eskild Ebbesen
Eskild Ebbesen (born May 27, 1972) is a noted Danish lightweight rower who has numerous Olympic and World Championship medals to his name. He is the current lightweight world record holder for the longest distance rowed in one hour on an ergometer. He is known as a role model for many lightweight rowers and stands 184 cm and weighs 75 kg. Ebbesen was the flag bearer of the Danish equipe at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
- Steve Redgrave
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, …
- Marnie McBean
Marnie Elizabeth McBean (January 28, 1968 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian rower. McBean and her long-time rowing partner Kathleen Heddle were the first Canadians to win three Olympic Gold medals. In addition to her other exploits, McBean won a Silver medal in the prestigious single scull event at the 1993 World Rowing Championships. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, McBean was set to represent Canada in the single scull and she had hoped to win a fourth gold medal.
- Kathleen Heddle
Kathleen Heddle, OBC (born November 27, 1965 in Trail, British Columbia) is a Canadian rower. Heddle and her long-time rowing partner Marnie McBean were the first Canadians to win three Olympic Gold medals. In 1997, Heddle was awarded the Order of British Columbia and was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. Heddle also was awarded the Thomas Keller Medal by FISA, the International Rowing Federation, for her outstanding career in international rowing.
- Robert Sycz
Robert Sycz is a Polish rower, and double Olympic Champion. Sycz started his rowing career with SWOS 2 (Szkolny Wojewódzki Ośrodek Sportowy nr 2) in Warsaw. He currently competes for RTW Bydgostia in Bydgoszcz. Together with Tomasz Kucharski, Rober Sycz won two gold Olympic medals (in Sydney 2000 and in Athens 2004) in men's lightweight double sculls. This pair also won two gold medals (1997, 1998) and three silver medals (2001, 2002, …
- Gerritjan Eggenkamp
Gerritjan Eggenkamp (14 November 1975) is a Dutch rower. Born in Leiden, Netherlands, Eggenkamp started rowing aged 12 at Het Spaarne rowing club in Heemstede, and first competed internationally as a Junior, coming 9th in the coxless four at the 1993 Junior World Championships. He was named as the spare man for the Dutch Men's coxless four for the 1996 Olympics, and then rowed in the coxless four at the 1997 and 1998 World Championships.
- Xeno Müller
Xeno Müller is a Swiss rower and Olympic gold medallist. His first international appearance was at the 1990 Junior World Rowing Championships - winning bronze in his single scull (1x). He first competed at the senior level in 1991, and at the age of 19, finished 11th at the World Rowing Championships in Vienna in the single scull. At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, he just missed making the finals, finishing fourth in the semi-finals (3 to advance).
- Tim Foster
Timothy ("Tim") Foster (born January 19, 1970) 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 consecutive Junior Worlds. From there he proceeded into the senior squad.
- Drew Ginn
Drew Ginn (born November 20, 1974) is an Australian rower and Olympic gold medallist. Ginn won the men's coxless fours at the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics as part of Australia's "Oarsome Foursome", along with Mike McKay, James Tomkins, and Nicholas Green, Ginn replacing the retired Andrew Cooper. Ginn and James Tomkins had planned to race the straight pair at the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, …
- Nico Rienks
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).
- Niels van Steenis
Niels Henning van Steenis (born November 3, 1969 in Groningen) is a former rower from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he won the gold medal with the "Holland Acht" (Holland Eights).
- Mike McKay
Michael McKay (born September 30, 1964), commonly known as Mike McKay, is an Australian rower and a four-time Olympic medalist. He was educated at Xavier College in Kew, Melbourne.
- Diederik Simon
Diederik Rudolf Simon (born April 10, 1970 in Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland) is a former rower from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics. After winning the gold medal with the "Holland Acht" (Holland Eights) at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, he earned silver in the Men's Quadruple Sculls (2000) and in the Men's Eights (2004).
- Iztok Čop
Iztok Čop is a Slovenian rower and Olympic gold medallist. Iztok started rowing at the age of 13 in Bled, where Slovenia's best rowing club is located. Originally rowing in the coxless pairs, Čop finished second in the World Championships in 1991, and won Bronze at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 with Denis Žvegelj (the first Olympic medal for independent Slovenia). He then switched to the single scull, winning gold at the 1995 World Championship, …
- Guin Batten
Guin Batten is a British rower. She won silver at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the quadruple scull. In 2003, she set the record for the fastest solo crossing of the English Channel in a rowing shell (Olympic Class) and became the first solo female crossing, in a time of 3 hours and 14 mintues. She is a member of Thames Rowing Club and Leander Club.
- Peter Antonie
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.
- Thomas Lange
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.
- Niels van der Zwan
Cornelis Pieter ("Niels") van der Zwan (born June 25, 1967 in Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland) is a former rower from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he won the gold medal with the "Holland Acht" (Holland Eights). He also competed at the 1992 and 2000 Summer Olympics.
- Kathrin Boron
Kathrin Boron is a German sculler, and four-time Olympic gold medalist. Boron won the women's double sculls at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics with Jana Thieme, and the women's quad sculls at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. She has also won eight world championship titles.
- Elena Georgescu
Elena Georgescu (born 10 April, 1964) is a Romanian coxswain who has won four Olympic medals in the eights competition.
- Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski
Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski (born April 2, 1975 in Waren, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a German rower and two-time Olympic gold medalist.
- Gavin Hassett
Gavin Hassett (born July 13, 1973 in Saint John, New Brunswick) is a Canadian rower. He began rowing in 1989. He won a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the lightweight fours event, and he won a bronze medal at the 2002 world championships in Seville, Spain in the same event.
- Jeroen Duyster
Jeroen Tarquinis Cornelis Duyster (born August 27, 1966 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland) is a former rower from the Netherlands, who won a the gold medal with the "Holland Acht" (Holland Eights) as a coxswain at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He's the older brother of former Dutch field hockey international Willemijn Duyster, who won the bronze medal at the same Olympic tournament.
- Michiel Bartman
Michiel Bernhard Emiel Marie Bartman (born May 19, 1967 in Badhoevedorp, Noord-Holland) is a former rower from the Netherlands, who won a total of three Olympic medals during his career. A member of the Nereus Rowing Club from Amsterdam, he won the gold medal in Atlanta with the "Holland Acht" (Holland Eights), followed by silver in Sydney (Quadruple Sculls) and silver (Eights) once again in Athens. He also won three medals at the World Championships, …
- Eeke van Nes
Eeke Geertruida van Nes (born April 17, 1969 in Delft, Zuid-Holland) is a retired rower from the Netherlands, who won a total number of three Olympic medals during her career. A daughter of former Olympic silver medalist Hadriaan van Nes (Mexico City, 1968), she claimed the bronze medal in the women's double sculls in Atlanta, Georgia alongside Irene Eijs, followed by the silver four years later in Sydney, Australia with Pieta van Dishoeck.
- Irene Eijs
Irene Elisabeth Maria Eijs (born December 16, 1966 in Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland) is a retired rower from the Netherlands, who won a bronze medal in the women's double sculls at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia alongside Eeke van Nes.
- Anna van der Kamp
Anna van der Kamp (born June 19, 1972 in Abbotsford, British Columbia) is a former rower from Canada, who won the silver medal in the Women's Eights at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She currently works at the Delphi Group, and is a member of Clean Air Champions.
- Agostino Abbagnale
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+).
- Jonny Searle
Jonathan Searle MBE (born 8 May 1969) is a British Olympic rower. Searle was educated at Hampton School and Christ Church, Oxford. Whilst at Oxford University, he competed in the Boat Race in 1988, 1989, and 1990. Oxford triumphed in all three races. Searle was President of the Oxford University Boat Club in the 1989-1990 academic year. Jonny Searle is an Olympic gold medalist, winning the coxed pairs event at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics with his brother Greg Searle.
- Koos Maasdijk
Jacob ("Koos") Arnold Maasdijk (born September 19, 1968 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland) is a former rower from the Netherlands, who won the gold medal with the men's eights at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He also represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics, finishing fifth in the men's fours. Maasdijk won a gold and a bronze medal at the world championships, in 1989 and 1991 respectively.
- Igor Boraska
Igor Boraska (born 26 September, 1970 in Split) is a Croatian rower who won a bronze medal in the eights competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
- Veronica Cochela
Veronica Cochela (born 15 November, 1965) is a Romanian rower who has won four Olympic medals.
- Ioana Olteanu
Ioana Olteanu (born 25 February, 1966) is a Romanian rower who has won three Olympic medals in the eights competition.