University of Bath alumna Sara Parfett will make her Olympic debut this summer alongside history-making Helen Glover and Rio medallist Vicky Thornley after the trio were today named in the Team GB rowing squad for Tokyo 2020. All three began their rowing careers on the British Rowing World Class Start talent identification and development programme
University of Bath student Imy Bantick struck gold at the 2021 World Rowing Indoor Championships this week – all while competing in her own kitchen. Bantick, who studies Sport & Exercise Science and rows for the Crew Bath student club, completed 2km on her home rowing machine in 7mins 22.3secs to claim victory in the
The 2020 European Rowing Championships in Poznan, Poland saw an impressive eight gold medals for the Netherlands with Italy and Romania winning four each. Ukraine made a strong opening statement in the para rowing events with a silver for Anna Sheremet in the PR1 women’s single sculls and gold for Roman Polianskyi in the equivalent
The pandemic could not slow down the excitement of staging an on-water regatta and Poznan, Poland is the location. More than 570 top European rowers from 31 nations will head to Poznan for the 2020 European Rowing Championships from 9-11 October 2020. As a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic, this will be the third
Two days of racing in Duisburg, Germany concluded with plenty of gold for Italy, Romania and host nation Germany at the 2020 European Rowing Under 23 Championships. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was held with a host of prevention measures including testing for teams arriving from ‘high-risk’ countries, hand sanitization at all entrances and
Due to changes caused by the COVID-19 global pandemic, World Rowing’s 2021 season has been adapted. These adaptations take into account the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games to 2021 and the cancellations of rowing events in 2020. Following an extensive consultation period with stakeholders including FISA’s Member Federations, Organising Committees and
Following the outbreak of COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus), the quickly growing number of cases now reported worldwide, government actions to contain the virus and increasing restrictions on global travel, the FISA Executive Committee, the Italian Rowing Federation, the cities of Sabaudia, Varese and Gavirate, and the respective Organising Committees (OCs) have been carefully evaluating the impact
Raced in four boat classes, the mixed double sculls (CMix2x), mixed coxed quadruple sculls (CMix4x+) and the men’s and women’s solo (CM1x & CW1x), the competitors began with a beach sprint to their boat. Then they rowed a slalom course around two buoys, a final buoy turn back to the beach for a total of
The World Rowing Coastal Championships in Hong Kong, China has received the greatest number of entries for a coastal regatta hosted outside of Europe. Hailing from 28 countries, just less than 500 rowers are entered with France sending the biggest team. The largest number of entries is in the men’s solo (single). The men’s solo
The finalists for the 2019 World Rowing Awards have been decided. Following public nomination, the FISA Executive Committee selected the finalists based on the analysis of the expert panels created for each of the awards. Finalists for the 2019 World Rowing Awards Thomas Keller Medal – for a rower who has had a long and
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