Internat. Championships - WRC

     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 

       MI SS 94 A

       SC C906

       YV BF 128

       MI SS 94 B

       SG 2083

       MI 901

       SC 886

       SG 942

       YV 745

LW2X gold medal winners WRC Munich 2007

A. Halliday also won gold at

WRC 2001 Lucerne (LW4X) and

WRC 2002 Guadalquivir/Sevilla (LW2X)

M. Houston also won gold at

WRC 2002 Guadalquivir/Sevilla (LW4X)

 Katherine Grainger is the most

successful British female rower:

OG Sydney 2000             W4X silver medal

OG Athens 2004              W2- silver medal

OG Beijing 2008              W4X silver medal

OG London 2012             W2X gold medal

OG Rio de Janeiro 2016   W2X silver medal

WRC Milan 2003              W2- gold medal

WRC Gifu 2005                W4X gold medal

WRC Eton 2006               W4X gold medal

WRC Munich 2007            W4X gold medal

WRC Karapiro 2010          W2X gold medal

WRC Bled 2011                W2X gold medal

This crew achieved 11th place in the

M4- competition at OG Beijing 2008.

It was part of the USA LM8+ that had

won the gold medal at WRC Ottensheim

in the same year three weeks earlier.

Andrew Triggs Hodge and Peter Reed (GBR) won

three Olympic gold medals: 2008 Beijing (M4-),

2012 London (M4-) and 2016 Rio de Janeiro (M8+).

They were also members of British gold medal

winner crews: 2005 WRC Gifu (M4-), 2006 WRC

Eton (M4-) and 2013 WRC Chungju (M8+). At the 

WRC 2014 Amsterdam A. Triggs Hodge won the M4-

whereas P. Reed was a member of the victorious

British M8+. He repeated this success at WRC

Aiguebelette 2015. 

Timothy Mickelson (bow)

Kenneth Brown

John Everett

Michael Vespoli

Mark Norelius

Richard Cashin

Hugh Stevenson

Alan Shealy (stroke)

David Weinberg (cox)

       MI 1146

       SC B29 / 800

       SG 1184

       YV 1039

This sculller is unable to

stretch his legs!

       MI 1795

       SC 1434

       SG 1887

       YV 1677

      Blades of No. 3 and 5 in the water,

      blades of No. 2 and 4 out of the water!

           The inscription "IX. World Rowing Championships" is incorrect.

           The first WRC were held at Lucerne 1962, followed by Bled 1966,

           St. Catherines 1970, Lucerne 1974, Nottingham 1975,

           Amsterdam 1977 and Lake Karapiro 1978.        

           Bled 1979 hosted the 8th Men's WRC.