With 11 days to go until the start of the 2016 Rio Olympic Rowing Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the World Rowing Federation, FISA, brings you the athlete entries by name as they were submitted at the entry deadline of 18 July 2016. From Algeria to Zimbabwe, there will be 69 nations competing at
The 2016 World Rowing Cup season wrapped up yesterday (Sunday) in Poznan, Poland with rowers racing for the last time internationally before the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. New Zealand topped the overall medals table with gold medals in five of the Olympic boat classes and, at the end of the three World Cups, New Zealand had
The second World Rowing Cup of the 2016 season wrapped up in Lucerne, Switzerland with rainy conditions and a win for New Zealand overall. Racing started three days ago and worked through to today’s finals with New Zealand earning three gold, two silver and three bronze medals to put them at the top of the
The FISA European Continental and Final Olympic Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland has brought the Rio 2016 Olympic qualification in rowing to completion with 25 countries adding boats to the Olympic roster. A plucky performance by Turkey’s Huseyin Kandemir and Enes Kusku in the lightweight men’s double sculls earned them a spot in Rio. Turkey
The Thomas Keller Medal for an Outstanding Career in Rowing, the sport’s most prestigious award, will be awarded to Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell of New Zealand. This is the first time that the award has gone to New Zealand and the first time since 1999 that it has been awarded to more than one person.
The 2016 World Rowing Cup heads to Lucerne, Switzerland for the second World Rowing Cup and entries have come in from 51 nations with more than 550 athletes ready to compete. This is an increase on the first World Rowing Cup as a number of nations from outside of Europe have chosen to compete at
The 2016 European Rowing Championships in Brandenburg, Germany began with over 500 athletes from 34 countries and ended with 23 nations earning medals. This is the widest medal spread ever at the European Rowing Championships which was first founded in 1893. The wind today on the Beetzsee lake regatta course made for challenging rowing conditions
Some of the top rowing nations in the world will test their Rio 2016 Olympic Games medal potential at the 2016 European Rowing Championships to be held in Brandenburg, Germany. Of the more than 500 athletes competing from 34 European nations, host nation Germany has entered in all 17 boat classes with a squad of
The World Rowing Federation, FISA, has compiled statistics for TV and video over the 2015 year and a large increase has been recorded, especially in total airings of World Rowing events. This comes on the back of a successful television strategy change that was implemented in 2010. This strategy called for the creation of a
The series of National Federations’ Conferences, organised by The World Rowing Federation, FISA, continued with the fifth edition taking place in London on, 6 March. More than 80 delegates representing 59 National Federations attended to discuss changes to the rules and governance of rowing which will be crucial to ensure the healthy future of the
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