- 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. - Alan Green
Alan Green (born Belfast, Northern Ireland 25 June 1952) is a BBC Radio Five Live sports broadcaster/commentator. He commentates mainly on football, but also covers golf and rowing. Green attended Methodist College Belfast. He then joined Queen's University, Belfast and worked on local newspapers before joining the BBC as a news trainee in 1975. His first match commentary on the radio was a 1982 World Cup qualifier between England and Northern Ireland, … - 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. - 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, … - Alistair Potts
Alistair Potts (born July 7, 1971 in Chertsey, Surrey) is a British World Champion rower. Educated at Winchester College, University of Edinburgh (studying architectural history) Potts coxed the men's four, men's lightweight eight and women's eight at the 1994 Commonwealth Regatta representing Scotland. After going up to Trinity Hall, Cambridge University at the end of 1994, he was winning coxswain in the record-breaking CUWBC crew at the 1995 Women's Boat Race. - 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, … - Alex Partridge
Alex Partridge (born January 25, 1981 in San Francisco) is a British rower. Partridge started rowing at Monkton Combe School, Bath, and attended Oxford Brookes University to study Technology Management. At the 2005 World Rowing Championships he won in the coxless four with Steve Williams, Peter Reed and Andy Hodge. - 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. - Zac Purchase
Zac Purchase (b. 2 May 1986) is a British rower. Born in Cheltenham, Purchase started rowing in 1999. He competed at the Junior World Rowing Championships in 2003 and 2004. In 2005 he competed on the World Cup circuit in the lightweight men's single sculls, finishing fourth at Dorney Lake and second at Munich-Oberschleissheim. Purchase became under-23 world champion at the 2005 world U-23 championships at Amsterdam, … - 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, … - Annie Vernon
Annie Vernon (born September 1, 1982 in Truro, Cornwall) is a British rower. Educated at St Minver Primary School, Wadebridge School and Cambridge University. Annie started rowing at Castle Dore Rowing Club in Cornwall when she was 17; influenced by her elder brother and father. She read History at Downing College, Cambridge where she rowed in the women's Blue Boat in 2003, under the presidency of Ruth 'Castro' de Las Casas. - 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. - 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. - Chris Hoy
Chris Hoy (born March 23, 1976 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish track cyclist and Olympic Games gold and silver medal winner. Prior to taking up track cycling, Hoy had raced BMX and competed at rowing for the Scottish junior team winning Silver in the 1993 British Championships with Grant Florence in the Coxless Pairs. Hoy went to school at George Watson's College, an independent school in Edinburgh. He continued his studies at the University of St Andrews in 1996, … - Barry Davies
Barry Davies (born 24 October 1940 in Kent, England) was educated at Cranbrook School which also numbers commentators Brian Moore and Peter West amongst its alumni - and London University, where he read English literature. He is regarded by many as one of the finest ever British sports commentators. Although best-known for his football commentary, Davies has also put his talents to numerous sports including ice skating, tennis, rowing, gymnastics, hockey and athletics, … - 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, … - 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. - John B. Kelly Sr.
John B. Kelly, Sr., also known as Jack Kelly, (October 4, 1889-June 20, 1960) was one of the most accomplished oarsman in the history of the sport rowing. He was a triple Olympic Gold Medal winner, the first to do so in the sport of rowing. He won 126 straight races in the single scull (1x). He was the father of Grace Kelly, actress and Princess of Monaco (thus grandfather of Albert II, Prince of Monaco), and of John B. Kelly, Jr., … - Darcy Marquardt
Darcy Marquardt (born March 22, 1979 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian rower. She is a student at the University of Victoria. She won a silver medal in the fours event at the 2002 World Championships in Seville, Spain and a bronze in the eights at the 2003 World Championships in Milan, Italy. She placed fourth in the 2004 summer Olympics, with partner Buffy Williams. - Thorsten Engelmann
Thorsten Engelmann (born July 20, 1981 in Berlin) is a German rower. Engelmann started rowing at age 9 because his father was the President of a rowing club in Berlin. He continued training while earning his pre-diploma in economics at school, and he has recently been part of the German national squad. Engelmann won the silver medal in the 2002 World Championships, and won bronze twice, in 2001 and 2005. He placed fourth in the Summer Olympic Games in 2004. - 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. - Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski
Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski (born April 2, 1975 in Waren, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a German rower and two-time Olympic gold medalist. - Jack Beresford
Jack Beresford, CBE, (January 1, 1899-December 3, 1977) was one of the most accomplished rowers of his generation. He won medals at 5 straight Olympics, which was an Olympic record in rowing (since tied by Steven Redgrave). Beresford would have been a favorite for a medal in the 1940 Olympics in the Double Scull event, but those games were cancelled because of World War II. Beresford's race against John B. Kelly, Sr. in the single scull event at the 1920 Summer Olympics, … - 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. - Doina Ignat
Doina Ignat (born 20 December, 1968) is a Romanian rower who has won five Olympic medals. - Peter-Michael Kolbe
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, … - Ned Hanlan
Edward "Ned" Hanlan was a professional rower, hotelier, and alderman from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Hanlan's father, John, was first a fisher and later a hotelkeeper on the Toronto Islands. The Hanlan family had originally lived at the east end of Toronto Island, but a severe storm in 1865 pushed their little house into the harbour. It washed ashore near the north end of Gibraltar Point, at the island's west end. A few years later, Ned's father built a small hotel there, … - 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). - 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. - Elena Georgescu
Elena Georgescu (born 10 April, 1964) is a Romanian coxswain who has won four Olympic medals in the eights competition. - Liliana Gafencu
Liliana Gafencu (born 12 July, 1975) is a Romanian rower who has won three Olympic gold medals in the eights competition. - Cameron Baerg
Cameron Baerg (born October 17, 1972 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian rower. He began rowing in 1987. He won a gold medal at the men's four event at the 2003 World Championships in Milan, Italy and a silver at the same event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. - Colin Moynihan
Colin Berkeley Moynihan, 4th Baron Moynihan (born 13 September, 1955) is a former Olympic coxswain who became a politician. Colin Moynihan was educated at Monmouth School, and went up to University College, Oxford, in the 1970s. He coxed for victorious Oxford University in the 1977 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. He was also the first but short-lived pianist for the Oxcentrics jazz band. - Amy Gillett
Amy Gillett (January 9, 1976 - July 18, 2005) was an Australian track cyclist and rower who represented Australia in both sports before her death in a training accident when a motorist crashed into the Australian squad of cyclists she was training with. She was born Amy Safe in Adelaide and was a world champion junior rower winning a gold medal in the coxless pairs in the Junior World Championships in 1993 and the women's single scull in 1994. - Catriona Oliver
Catriona Sens (née Oliver was a member of the Australia's 2004 Summer Olympics women's eight rowing crew with Sally Robbins. - Pertti Karppinen
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
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. - 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. - James Stillman Rockefeller
James Stillman Rockefeller (June 8, 1902 - August 10, 2004) was a member of the prominent U.S. Rockefeller family. A paternal grandson of William Rockefeller, his maternal grandfather James Stillman and uncle James Alexander Stillman served as presidents of the National City Bank of New York, now Citibank. He graduated from Yale University in 1924, where he was elected to the secret society Scroll and Key.
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