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M1X result OG Tokyo 2020

Gold medal GRE       6:40,45  (S. Ntouskos - new Olympic record)

Silver medal NOR     6:41,66   (K. Borch)

Bronze medal CRO   6:42,58   (D. Martin)

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.

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.

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

Gold medal wins

2005 WRC Gifu M4-

2006 WRC Eton M4-

2008 OG Beijing M4-

2012 OG London M4-

2013 WRC Chungju M8+

2014 WRC Amsterdam

2016 OG Rio de Janeiro

W1X gold medal WRC Bled 2011

W1X gold medal OG London 2012

W1X gold medal ERC 2011, 2013, 2014 & 2015

 Painting "Olympics rowing 01" by

Miki De Goodaboorn (FRA) depicting

Mahe Drysdale (NZL), Olympic M1X

gold medal winner London 2012 and

Rio de Janeiro 2016

    W1X painting by Tonia Williams

 Painting "John Biglin in a Single Scull" (1874) by Thomas Eakins