Olympic Regattas - 2000 Sydney
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Stamp BDI 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Georgeta Damian-Andrunache (ROU)
Georgeta Andrunache (nee Damian)
won five gold medals at Olympic Games
and another five gold medals at World
Rowing Championships:
W2- and W8+ at OG Sydney 2000
W2- and W8+ at OG Athens 2004
W2- at OG Beijing 2008
W8+ at WRC Aiguebelette 1997
W8+ at WRC Cologne 1998
W8+ at WRC St. Catharines 1999
W2- at WRC Lucerne 2001
W2- at WRC Sevilla 2002
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Stamp BDI 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Steve Redgrave (GBR)
Steve Redgrave won five Olympic gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games:
Los Angeles 1984 (M4+), Seoul 1988 (M2-), Barcelona 1992 (M2-), Atlanta 1996 (M2-) and Sydney 2000 (M4-).
He also won nine gold medals at World Rowing Championships: WRC Nottingham 1986 (M2+), WRC Copenhagen
1987 (M2-), WRC Vienna 1991 (M2-), WRC Radice 1993 (M2-), WRC Indianapolis 1994 (M2-), WRC Tampere
1995 (M2-), WRC Aiguebelette 1997 (M4-), WRC Cologne 1998 (M4-) and WRC St. Catharines 1999 (M4-).
He competed at Henley Royal Regatta for more than two decades winning 17 times in five different events,
among them the Diamond Sculls.
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Stamp BLR 2000 Sept. 10th - OG Sydney winners (drawing of 1X in lower margin)
MI MS 378-80
SC 359
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Stamp BLR 2008 Aug. 15th OG Beijing - Ekaterina Karsten (BLR)
Ekaterina Karsten rowed at seven Olympic Games and won two Olympic gold medals (W1X OG Atlanta 1996 and OG Sydney 2000), one silver and two bronze medals plus six WRC titles MI 722
SC 670
SG 743
YV 638
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Stamp BUR 2021 "Olympic rowing champions" (unauthorized issue) - Matthew Pinsent (GBR)
Olympic champion 1992 OG Barcelona (M2-), 1996 OG Atlanta (M2-), 2000 OG Sydney (M4-), 2004 OG Athens (M4-) 
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Stamp BUR 2021 "Olympic rowing champions" (unauthorized issue) - Steve Redgrave (GBR)
Olympic champion 1984 OG Los Angeles (M4+), 1988 OG Seoul (M2-), 1992 OG Barcelona (M2-), 1996 OG Atlanta (M2-), 2000 OG Sydney (M4-) 
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Stamp CZE 2000 Aug. 30th OG Sydney
MI 267
SC 3130
YV 253
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Stamp FRA 2000 Sept. 9th MS - OG Sydney
MI MS 3481
SC 2784b
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Stamp GBR-IOM 2004 July 1st - GBR M4- crew after their gold medal win at OG Sydney 2000
MI 1142
SC 1049
YV 1171
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Stamp GBS 2023 (unauthorized issue) - OG Atlanta 1996 - 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.
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Stamp GUY (unauthorized) OG Sydney 2000
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Stamp GUY 2000 May 15th OG Sydney - Henry Robert Pearce (AUS), Olympic champion M1X at Amsterdam 1928 and Los Angeles 1932
MI 6975
SC 3498a
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Stamp GUY 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Gold medal winner crew GBR OG Sydney 2000
J. Cracknell (bow), S. Redgrave,
T. Foster, M.Pinsent (stroke)
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Stamp HKG 2000 Aug. 27th OG Sydney
MI 956
SC 908
YV 946
MI 957
SC 909
YV 947
Two stamps from separate sheets form continuous design
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Stamp IOM 2021 July 15th Great British Athletes - Sidney Swans + Steve Redgrave
Sidney Swans won the M8+
gold medal at OG Stockholm
1912 and the M8+ silver
medal at OG Antwerp 1920
Steve Redgrave is the most
successful Olympic rower of
all times. He won five Olympic
gold medals in five consecutive
Olympic Games 1984 - 2000.
!984: M4+
1988, 1992, 1996: M2-
2000: M4-
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Stamp KGZ 2000 (unauthorized) OG Sydney - Jean-Christophe Rolland & Michel Andrieux (FRA) after their M2- gold medal win
Jean-Christophe Rolland is the current President of the World Rowing Federation FISA
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Stamp LAO 2023 (unauthorized issue) "Rowing at the Olympics 2016" - Ekatherina Karsten (BLR), W1X gold medal winner OG Atlanta 1996 and OG Sydney 2000
20 years after her first gold medal win
E. Karsten achieved the second place in
the W1x B-final (= 8tth place overall)
at OG Rio de Janeiro
W1X result OG Sydney 2000
E. Karsten (BLR) 7: 28,14 (Gold)
R. Nevkova (BUL) 7:28,15 (Silver)
K. Rutschow-Stomporowski (GER) 7:28,99 (Bronze)
The closest W1X final ever at Olympic Games!
Katherina Karsten won the W1X gold medal:
OG Atlanta 1996 + OG Sydney 2000
WRC Aiguebelette 1997, WRC St. Catharines 1999,
WRC Kaizu (JPN) 2005, WRC London-Dorney 2006,
WRC Munich 2007, WRC Poznan 2009
ERC Brest (BLR) 2009, ERC Montemor-o-Velho (POR) 2010
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Stamp LTU 2000 Dec. 9th SS OG Sydney - W2X bronze medal win for B. Sakickiene & K. Poplavskaya
MI SS 21
SC 684
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Stamp MON 2000 June 23rd - OG Sydney (perforated & imperforated)
MI 2507
SC 2168
SG 2461
YV 2262
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Stamp NIG 2000 July 27th OG Sydney - W8X+ at Olympic Games?
The inscription "Canoe-kayak" is incorrect.
It should be "Aviron feminin à 8"
MI 1792
SC 1052p
