- Alan Campbell
Alan Campbell (born 9 May 1983, Coleraine, Northern Ireland) is a British sculler Campbell started rowing for his school, Coleraine Academical Institution for Boys, in Northern Ireland before moving to London and joining the Tideway Scullers School. In 2003, Campbell left his degree and won the Diamond Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta. He then made his international debut at the World U23 Championships in 2003, …
- Steve Williams
Steve Williams MBE (born April 15, 1976 in Warwick) is an English rower and Olympic champion. Williams started rowing aged 13 while at Monkton Combe School, Bath, and attended Oxford Brookes University to study History and Town planning. In 2000 he was part of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team that won the men's coxed four at the Rowing World Championships. The following year he was again world champion, this time in the coxless four, …
- James Cracknell
James Cracknell, OBE (born 5 May 1972) is an English rowing champion and double Olympic gold medallist. He began rowing whilst attending Kingston Grammar School and rowed at the Junior World Championships in 1989 and 1990 — winning a gold medal in the latter. Moving into the senior squad, Cracknell had numerous World Championship appearances — but no medal wins. He qualified in the double scull for the 1996 Summer Olympics, but fell ill and was unable to race.
- Olaf Tufte
Olaf Karl Tufte is a Norwegian competition rower. At the 2004 Summer Olympics he won the gold medal in the men's single sculls. He won silver in the men's double sculls at the 2000 Summer Olympics together with Fredrik Bekken. He has also won two World Championships in the single sculls, in 2001 and 2003. When not rowing, Tufte earns a living growing cereals at the family farm in the Nykirke part of Horten.
- Ed Coode
Ed Coode, MBE (born June 19, 1975 in Indian Queens, Cornwall) is a British rower, twice World Champion and Olympic Gold medalist. Educated at Papplewick School, Ascot, Eton College, University of Newcastle upon Tyne (studying marine biology) and Oxford University, he rowed in the Oxford crew at the 1998 Boat Race. Coode won his first World Championship in 1999, as a substitute in the British men's coxless four, rowing with Steve Redgrave, …
- Matthew Pinsent
Sir Matthew Clive Pinsent CBE (born 10 October, 1970) is an English rowing champion, four-time Olympic gold medallist and broadcaster. Pinsent was born in Holt, Norfolk, and began rowing at Eton College. He began his international career at the Junior World Rowing Championships in 1987. He raced again in 1988, winning the junior coxless pairs with Tim Foster. After finishing school, Pinsent studied Geography at St Catherine's College, Oxford.
- Cath Bishop
Catherine (Cath) Bishop (born 22 November 1971) is a former British rower. Bishop has a BA in modern languages from Pembroke College, Cambridge, a master's in international politics from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and a Ph.D. in contemporary German literature from the University of Reading. Bishop won medals at the World Championships twice, a silver in 1998 in the women's pair with Dot Blackie, and then in 2003 she won the gold, again in the pair, …
- 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.
- James Tomkins
James Tomkins (born August 19, 1965 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian rower and a three-time Olympic gold medalist.
- Sally Robbins
Sally Robbins (born July 15 1981) is an Australian rower, who was a member of Australia's 2004 Summer Olympics Women's Eight Rowing crew. In the final the team were well-placed for Bronze when 500 meters from the finish, she appeared to collapse and laid back on teammate Julia Wilson's lap. Robbins was publicly humiliated in the Australian media as "Lay-down Sally" and called "un-Australian".
- Kieran West
Kieran West, MBE is a British rower and Olympic champion. An Olympic oarsman for Great Britain in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, he won gold in the Men's Eight (after winning silver in the 1999 World championships). In the following years, he became World Champion with the coxed four in 2002 and won silver in 2003. He also rowed in the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was awarded the MBE for "services to rowing" in the New Year’s Honours list in 2001.
- Caroline Evers-Swindell
Caroline Evers-Swindell (born October 10, 1978 in Hastings, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rower. She competes in the double sculls with her identical twin sister Georgina Evers-Swindell. In November 2005 she and her sister were named "Rowing Female Crew of the Year" by the International Rowing Federation (FISA). In 2001 she won silver at the World Championships in both the double and quadruple sculls.
- Angela Alupei
Angela Alupei, "née" Tamaş is a Romanian Olympic rower, born in Bacău, Romania. She has been rowing since she was 17 years of age. When not competing, she is a police officer. She, and her partner Constanţa Burcică took the gold medal, at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games in the women's lightweight double sculls event. They also took first place at the Rowing World Cup twice in 2000, in Vienna, Austria and in Lucerne, Switzerland, …
- 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.
- Mylanie Barre
Mylanie Barre (born July 25, 1979 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Canadian kayaker. She won a bronze medal at the 2003 world championships at Gainesville, Georgia in the K2 1000 m event.
- Viorica Susanu
Viorica Susanu is a Romanian rower and winner of three Olympic Gold medals. Susanu rowed in the Romanian women's eight that won the rowing World Championships in 1997, 1998 and 1999, and the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 2001 and 2002, rowing with Georgeta Damian, she won the World Championships in the women's pair, setting a world's best time in 2002, while continuing to row in the eight. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won gold medals in both the pair and the eight.
- 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, …
- Georgina Evers-Swindell
Georgina Evers-Swindell (born October 10, 1978 in Hastings, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rower. She competes in the double sculls with her identical twin sister Caroline Evers-Swindell. In November 2005 she and her sister were named "Rowing Female Crew of the Year" by the International Rowing Federation (FISA). In 2001 she won silver at the World Championships in both the double and quadruple sculls.
- Tom James
Tom James (born 11 March, 1984 in Cardiff, Wales) is a British rower, World Championship medalist, and victorious Cambridge Blue.
- James Stewart
James Stewart is an Olympic-level rower, who competes for Australia. He is the twin brother of Geoffrey Stewart and older brother of Stephen Stewart. They were the first trio of brothers to represent Australia in rowing at the same Olympics and were all educated at Newington College, and coached by olympian and fellow Old Newingtonian Michael Morgan.
- Julia Wilson
Julia Wilson is a rower from Australia, who has won Rowing World Championships gold medals in the Eight and Four for her native country in 2001 and she picked up a silver medal in the Eight at the 2002 World Championship. Wilson rowed in the Women's Quad at the 2000 Summer Olympics finishing in seventh place. Wilson is most famous for being part of Australia's Women's Eight at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
- Geoffrey Stewart
Geoffrey Stewart is an Olympic-level rower, who competes for Australia. He is the twin brother of James Stewart (olympian1996,2000,2004) and older brother of Stephen Stewart (olympian 2004). They were the first trio of brothers to represent Australia in rowing at the same Olympics and were all educated at Newington College, and coached by olympian and fellow Old Newingtonian Michael Morgan. In 1996 Geoffrey competed in the men's eight event at the Atlanta Olympics, …
- Barney Williams
Barney Williams is a Canadian rower. He was educated at Upper Canada College, the University of Victoria and Jesus CollegeOxford University where he was President of the Oxford University Boat Club. He won a gold medal at the 2003 world championships in Milan, Italy and a silver in the same event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He also has two wins and a second in the four in Rowing World Cup events. Williams is married to the Canadian rower Buffy-Lynne Williams, …
- Chun Wei Cheung
Chun Wei Cheung (born April 15, 1972 in Amsterdam - died 14 October, 2006) was a Dutch rowing cox and Olympic silver medallist. Cheung started coxing with Nereus Rowing Club in Amsterdam in 1992, later joining the Dutch National Team and coxing the men's coxed pair at the 1996 World Rowing Championships to bronze. He returned to coxing as the cox of the silver medal winning Dutch men's eights at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
- Jake Wetzel
Jacob Wetzel (born December 26, 1976 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is an American-Canadian rower. He has represented both countries at the World Championships and the Olympics. As a teenager, Wetzel was on the Canadian Junior Cycling team; he only began rowing in the fall of 1997 at the University of California, Berkeley. His success was immediate and extraordinary.
- 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, …
- Georgeta Damian
Georgeta Damian is a Romanian rower and winner of four Olympic Gold medals. Damian rowed in the Romanian Women's Eights, that won the rowing World Championships in 1997, 1998 and 1999, and the 2000 Summer Olympics, where she also won the Women's Pairs. With Viorica Susanu, she won the World Championships in the pairs in 2001 and 2002, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics she won gold medals in both pairs and eights.
- Thor Kristensen
Thor Kristensen was a member of Denmark's rowing team during the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Along with Thomas Ebert, Stephan Mølvig and Eskild Ebbesen, he won the gold medal in the Lightweight Four division.
- Luka Špik
Luka Špik is a Slovenian rower and Olympic gold medalist. Špik and Iztok Čop won the 1999 World Championship, and gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, which was the first Olympic gold medal for independent Slovenia. Špik and Čop were the favourites to win the men's double sculls at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but finished in silver medal position.
- 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.
- Jeff Powell
Jeffrey Howard Campbell Powell (born May 13, 1976 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian rower. He began rowing in 1996 and is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario. He won the gold medal at both the 2002 and 2003 world championships for Canada's men's eight team in Milan, Italy and Seville, Spain respectively. Powell is known for abstaining from all vegetables and fruit. His preferred diet is exclusively pasta and cheese, consumed in a cone.
- 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.
- Catriona Oliver
Catriona Sens (née Oliver was a member of the Australia's 2004 Summer Olympics women's eight rowing crew with Sally Robbins.
- Kyle Hamilton
Kyle Hamilton (born February 26, 1978 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian rower. He is a student at the University of British Columbia. He won the gold medal at both the 2003 and 2002 world championships for Canada's men's eight team in Milan, Italy and Seville, Spain respectively.
- 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, …
- Robin Bourne-Taylor
Robin Edwin Geoffrey Bourne-Taylor (born 22 July 1981 in George Town, Grand Cayman) is a British rower and three time Boat Race winner.
- Mahe Drysdale
Mahe Drysdale (b. 19th November 1978) is a New Zealand rower and twice World Champion. Drysdale didn't begin rowing until aged 18, at university. He gave up rowing to concentrate on his studies, but began rowing again after watching New Zealander Rob Waddell win gold at the 2000 Olympic Games Drysdale began competing at the World Cup level in 2002, rowing in the New Zealand coxless four.
- 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.
- Elise Laverick
Elise Laverick (born 27 July 1975) is a British rower. She won bronze at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the double scull with Sarah Winckless. She is a member of Thames Rowing Club in Putney, London.