Identified Athletes

Stamp EST 2008 OG Beijing - J. Jaanson & T. Endrekson (EST), M2X silver medal winners (printed on stationary)
Stamp FRA 1953 Nov. 28th - French medal winners at OG Helsinki 1952 - honouring Olympic M2+ champions Salles & Mercier, cox Malivoire



       MI 982

       SC 704

       SG 1189

       YV 964
Stamp FSM 2012 OG London (personalized issue) - Painting °Olympics rowing 01° by Miki De Goodaboom (FRA) depicting M1X Olympic champion Mahe Drysdale (NZL)
Stamp GAM 1992 Aug. 10th - Lin Clark & Beryl Crockford (GBR), LW2X gold medal winners WRC Hazewinkel 1985

        MI 1387

        SC 1266

        YV 1205
Stamp GAM 1995 Aug. 17th - OG Atlanta 1996 - Pertti Karppinen, three times M1X Olympic champion (1976, 1980 and 1984)

MI 2154

SC 1652

Pertti Karppinen also won the M1X gold medal

at WRC Bled 1979 and WRC Hazewinkel 1985
Stamp GAM 2008 Sept. 15th (personalized) - OG London 1908 - M8+ final - GBR (Leander Club) beats BEL (Royal Club Nautique de Gand) by two lengths

Gold medal: GBR (Leander Club) Albert Gladstone, Frederick Kelly, Banner Johnstone,

Guy Nickalls, Charles Burnell, Ronald Sanderson, Raymond Etherington-Smith, Henry

Bucknall, cox Gilchrist MacLagan

Silver medal: BEL (Royal Club Nautique de Gand) Oscar Taelmann, Marcel Morimont,

Rémy Orban, Georges Mijs, Francois Vergucht, Polydore Veirman, Oscar de Somville,

Rudolphe Poma, cox Alfred Vanlandeghem
Stamp GBR 2005 Oct. 4th with °British Gold Medal Winners Beijing 2008° - LM2X + M4- on tab

MI 2341
Stamp GBR 2009 Mi 2455 II (issued 2006 Oct. 17th) with victorious Cambridge crew 2004 on tab - detail from MS Cambridge University 800th anniversary
Stamp GBR 2012 Aug. 2nd - OG London - W2- gold medal winners Helen Glover & Heather Stanning (GBR)

       MI 3294

       SC 3047

       SG 3342

       YV 3687

                                   The first British women ever to win rowing gold
Stamp GBR 2012 Aug. 4th - OG London - W2X gold medal for Katherine Grainger & Anna Watkins (GBR)

       MI 3299

       SC 3052

       SG 3347

       YV 3694
Stamp GBR 2012 Aug. 5th - OG London - LW2X gold medal for Katherine Copeland & Sophie Hosking (GBR)

       MI 3303

       SC 3056

       SG 3351

       YV 3699
Stamp GBR 2012 Aug. 5th - OG London - M4- gold medal for Alex Gregory, Tom James, Pete Reed, Andrew Triggs Hodge (GBR)

       MI 3302

       SC 3055

       SG 3350

       YV 3700

       SG 3350a
Stamp GBR 2012 Sept. 4th - Paralympic Games London - LTAMix4+ gold medal for P. Relph, N. Riches, J. Roe & D. Smith, cox L. van den Broecke (GBR)

      MI 3336

      SC 3086

      SG 3381

YV 3729
Stamp GBR-IOM 2004 July 1st - GBR M4- crew after their gold medal win at OG Sydney 2000

        MI 1142

        SC 1049

        YV 1171


	MI 2341

Stamp GBS 2009 March 10th SS - OG Beijing 2008 Chinese gold medal winners - W4X - perforated & imperforated

MI 4053-58 YV 2768-73
MI 4053 YV 2768
MI 4054 YV 2769
MI 4056 YV 2771
MI 4057 YV 2772

TANG Bin, JIN Ziwei, XI Aihua & ZHANG Yangyang (CHN)

Stamp GBS 2023 (unauthorized issue) - OG Atlanta 1996 - Rob Waddell (NZL)

Stamp GBS 2023 OG Atlanta Rob Waddell NZL

Rob Waddell won the M1X B-final at

OG Atlanta 1996 (= 7th place),

became M1X World champion in 1998,

defended his title in 1999 and crowned

his career with the M1X gold medal win

at OG Sydney 2000.

Stamp GBS 2023 (unauthorized issue) - OG Atlanta 1996 - Silken Laumann (CAN)

Stamp GBS 2023 OG Atlanta Silke Laumann CAN

Silken Laumann gained the W2X bronze medal

at OG Los Angeles 1984 together with her sister

Danielle. She won the W1X gold medal in 1991

and was the gold medal favourite for OG Barcelona

1992 when ten weeks prior to the Games her right

leg was shattered by an accident in the warm-up area

of regatta Essen (GER). A M4- crew had rammed into

her shell. Told that she would never row again and

after five operations she walked with a cane to her

boat and won the W1X bronze medal.

She finished her career with the W1X silver medal at

OG Atlanta 1996.

FISA introduced traffic rules for the warm-up areas

of regattas after the 1992 incident.

Stamp GBS 2023 (unauthorized issue) - OG Atlanta 1996 - Xeno Mueller (SUI), M1X gold medal winner

M1X Final A OG Atlanta 1996

Gold:      Xeno Muller (SUI)         6:44,85

Silver:     Derek Porter (CAN)      6:47,45

Bronze: Thomas Lange (GER)   6:47,72
Stamp GDR 1972 May 16th - Heinz-Juergen Bothe & Joerg Lucke (GDR), M2- gold medal winners OG Mexico 1968

       MI 1756

       SG E 1474

       YV 1443
Stamp GDR 1980 Apr. 22nd - OG Moscow : Painting °Leipziger Vierer° by Wilfried Falkenthal (1975) depicting - from left to right - Wolfgang Mager, Stefan Semmler, Andeas Decker and stroke Siegtfried Brietzke (GDR), M4- gold medal winners OG Montreal 1976

       MI 2505

       SC 2099

       SG E 2226

       YV 2167

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