Table of Contents 1. Introduction 4 1.1 Introduction 4 1.2 2008 Events Information 5 1.3 2007 World Rowing Season - Highlights 8 2. Top Rowers 14 2.1 Biographies Top 10 Male Rowers active in 2007 14 2.2 Biographies Top 10 Female Rowers active in 2007 26 2.3 Top 50 All Time Medal Table - OG & WCh - all events 38 3. Olympic Games 46 3.1 Historical Results 46 3.1.1 Olympic Games 1980-2004 (Top 3 crews) 46 3.2 Statistics 54 3.2.1 All Time Olympic Medal Table by athlete - Men (since 1900) 54 3.2.2 All Time Olympic Medal Table by athlete - Women (since 1976) 56 3.2.3 All Time NOC Olympic Medal Table (since 1900) 58 3.2.4 All Time NOC Olympic Medal Table per event - Current and Past Olympic Events (since 1900) 59 4. World Rowing Championships 68 4.1 Historical Results 68 4.1.1 World Rowing Championships 2007 (Top 12 crews) 68 4.1.2 World Rowing Championships 2001-2007 - Olympic Events (Top 3 crews) 84 4.1.3 World Rowing Championships 2001-2007 - International Events (Top 3 crews) 91 4.1.4 World Rowing Championships 2002-2007 - Adaptive Events (Top 3 crews) 96 4.2 Statistics 98 4.2.1 World Rowing Championships 2007 Overall Medal Table 98 4.2.2 All Time World Rowing Championships Medal Table by athlete - Men (since 1962) 99 4.2.3 All Time World Rowing Championships Medal Table by athlete - Women (since 1974) 101 4.2.4 All Time NF World Rowing Championships Medal Table (since 1962) 103 4.2.5 All Time NF World Rowing Championships Medal Table per event - Current Olympic and International Events (since 1962) 104 5. World Rowing Junior Championships 116 5.1 World Rowing Junior Championships 2005-2007 results (Top 3 crews) 116 5.2 Historical Results 1970-2007 medal records 125 6. World Rowing Under 23 Championships 132 6.1 World Rowing Under 23 Championships 2005-2007 results (Top 3 crews) 132 7. European Championships 146 7.1 European Championships 2007 results (Top 3 crews) 146 1. Media Guide © Copyright 2008 FISA & Infostrada Sports, all rights reserved > www.infostradasports.com 8. Rowing World Cup 152 8.1 Historical Results 152 8.1.1 Rowing World Cup results 2001-2007 - World Cup Events (Top 3 crews) 152 8.1.2 Rowing World Cup results 2001-2007 - International Events (Top 3 crews) 170 8.2 Statistics 176 8.2.1 All Time Rowing World Cup Medal Table by country (since 1997) 176 8.2.2 All Time Rowing World Cup Medal Table by athlete - Men (since 1997) 177 8.2.3 All Time Rowing World Cup Medal Table by athlete - Women (since 1997) 179 8.2.4 All Time Rowing World Cup Medal Table per event (since 1997) 180 8.2.5 Overall Rowing World Cup Standings per year (since 1997) 185 9. Venues 192 9.1 Olympic Games (since 1896) 192 9.2 World Rowing Championships (since 1962) 192 9.3 FISA Lightweight Championships (1976-1988) 193 9.4 Rowing World Cup (since 1990) 193 9.4.1 Men’s and Women’s Single Sculls (1990-1995) 193 9.4.2 World Cup Events and International Events (since 1997) 193 9.5 Under 23 Events (since 1976) 194 9.5.1 Match des Séniors (1976-1991) 194 9.5.2 Nations Cup (1992-2000) 194 9.5.3 World Under 23 Regatta (2001-2003) 194 9.5.4 World Rowing Under 23 Regatta (2004) 194 9.5.5 World Rowing Under 23 Championships (2005-2007) 194 9.6 World Rowing Junior Championships (since 1967) 195 9.6.1 FISA Junior Regatta for Men (1967-1969) 195 9.6.2 FISA Junior Championships for Men (1970-1977) 195 9.6.3 FISA Men’s Junior Championships & FISA Women’s Junior Championships (1978-1984 ) 195 9.6.4 World Rowing Junior Championships (1985-2007) 195 9.7 European Rowing Championships (since 1893) 196 10. World Rowing Awards 198 10.1 Thomas Keller Awards 198 10.2 FISA Awards 198 11. Best Times 202 11.1 World Best Times 202 11.2 Rowing World Cup Best Times 204 11.3 Under 23 Best Times (at World Rowing Under 23 Championships) 205 11.4 Adaptive Best Times 207 11.5 Olympic Best Times 208 2. Media Guide © Copyright 2008 FISA & Infostrada Sports, all rights reserved > www.infostradasports.com Introduction 1. Introduction 1.1. Introduction For the third year running, we are delighted to bring to you the annual media guide for the 2008 World Rowing Season. As you are by now aware, this publication contains valuable statistical and historical data, as well as what we see as the most relevant current information about our sport. It has been compiled to respond to the growing need for the media to have access to the most up-to-date and accurate results and statistics to ensure that you can complete your work to ever tightening deadlines. With this year being an Olympic year, we expect to welcome many new non-rowing specific journalists to our events, so we hope that the data contained in this publication will be valuable to those working media too. This year’s top ten male and female athlete’s calculations have been adjusted to better reflect the strongest rowers of the moment. Olympic and World Championship medal count is still the basis of calculation, but this time with a three time higher weighting to favour Olympic medals above World Championships medals. To be eligible to appear as a 2007 Top 10 Male or Female Rower, athletes had to have been active at elite international level in 2007 by taking part at the World Rowing Championships or at a Rowing World Cup. You will find their short biographies in this publication – more information can be found in the official World Rowing athlete database available on our website www.worldrowing.com (Athlete > Athlete Biographies Database). The athlete biography website is powered by RowingOne, the most comprehensive rowing database in the world. Throughout the season, the World Rowing Media Guide will be updated after each Rowing World Cup, and the updates will be available to all journalists present at these events as part of their press packs. The PDF document will also be online shortly before each regatta ready for download and printing. We hope that this publication proves to be a valuable tool in your efforts to bring back news about rowing to your country. Please do not hesitate to contact any of the World Rowing team for feedback or suggestions on how we can improve this document. Have a great World Rowing season! Your World Rowing Communications Team Arno Boes, Chair of FISA’s Media, Marketing & Promotions Commission – [email protected] Marion Gallimore, Marketing and Communications Manager – [email protected] Debora Feutren, Website and Publications Editor – [email protected] Melissa Bray, World Rowing Journalist – [email protected] FISA Maison du Sport International Av. de Rhodanie 54 1007 Lausanne Switzerland Tel. : +41 21 617 83 73 Fax : +41 21 617 83 75 4. Media Guide © Copyright 2008 FISA & Infostrada Sports, all rights reserved > www.infostradasports.com Introduction 1.2. 2008 Events Information Accreditation to all World Rowing events listed below can be requested online through the online media accreditation form. Go to www.worldrowing.com -> Media -> Media Accreditation ROWING WORLD CUP I (Munich, GER) 8 to 11 May 2008 Organising Committee Olympia Regattaverein München Headquarters Dachauer Strasse 35 85764 Oberschleissheim, GERMANY Tel. + 49 89 315 85 200 Fax + 49 89 315 29 90 www.regatta.de Contact: Bernd Schuhmacher [email protected] Press Officer: Frank Heidenhain Contact details: [email protected] Media accreditation deadline 25 April 2008 Accommodation Münchner Hotel Verbund Industriestr. 2 82140 Olching Tel. + 49 8142 444 610 Fax + 49 8142 444 611 www.muenchen-hotel.de [email protected] Please mention the word "Regatta" ROWING WORLD CUP II (Lucerne, SUI) 30 May to 1 June 2008 Organising Committee Lucerne Regatta Association (Regattaverein Luzern) 6000 Lucerne, SWITZERLAND Tel. + 41 41 210 43 33 Fax + 41 41 210 15 36 Press Officer: Barbara Linz [email protected] Media accreditation deadline 16 May 2008 Accommodation Incoming GmbH Tel. + 41 41 318 4145 Fax + 41 41 318 41 46 Contact: Mrs Maria Santin [email protected] 5. Media Guide © Copyright 2008 FISA & Infostrada Sports, all rights reserved > www.infostradasports.com Introduction FINAL OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION REGATTA (Poznan, POL) 15 to 18 June 2008 Organising Committee Regatta Organising Committee Ul. Wiankowa 3 60-791 Poznan, POLAND Tel. + 48 509 151 191 Tel. + 48 603 351 168 Fax + 48 61 876 5121 [email protected] www.rowing.poznan.pl Press Officer: TBC Contact details: Contact OC Media accreditation deadline 6 June 2008 Accommodation Andersia Hotel Plac Andersa 3 61-894 Poznań Tel. 061 667 80 00 www.andersiahotel.pl For bookings please contact the OC. ROWING WORLD CUP III (Poznan, POL) 20 to 22 June 2008 Organising Committee Details as above Media accreditation deadline 6 June 2008 WORLD ROWING JUNIOR AND SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (Linz/Ottensheim, AUT) 22 to 27 July 2008 Organising Committee Regatta Administration p.a. Risk Oesterreich GmbH Hiessgasse 12/4 1031 Vienna, AUSTRIA Tel. + 43 171 834 02 10 Fax + 43 171 834 02 16 www.worldrowing2008.com Contact: Horst Anselm [email protected] Press Officer: Michael Farthofer Contact details: +43 664 14 54 024 (mobile) [email protected] Media accreditation deadline 8 July 2008 6. Media Guide © Copyright 2008 FISA & Infostrada Sports, all rights reserved > www.infostradasports.com Introduction WORLD ROWING UNDER 23 CHAMPIONSHIPS (Brandenburg, GER) 16 to 20 July 2008 Organising Committee Org-Büro U23 WM Rudern 2008 An der Regattastrecke 1 14772 Brandenburg an der Havel, GERMANY Tel.