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World Rowing, also known as the World Rowing Federation (officially FISA; French: Fédération internationale des sociétés d'aviron[a]), is the international governing body for rowing. [2] Its current president is Jean-Christophe Rolland who succeeded Denis Oswald at a ceremony held in Lucerne in July 2014.
Organised by. World Rowing. Website. worldrowing.com. The World Rowing Championships is an international rowing regatta organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation). It is a week-long event held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer and in non- Olympic years is the highlight of the international rowing calendar.
The World Rowing Federation, known as FISA until recently, is the sport's international governing body. World Rowing runs the World Rowing Championships, as well as several other international elite competitions including the World Rowing Cup and World Rowing Junior Championships. World Rowing also sponsors rowing at the Olympics.
Prior FISA regattas that had been held in Plovdiv include the 1999 and 2012 World Rowing Junior Championships, and the 2011 European Rowing Championships. [3] The 2018 World Rowing Championships were the first world rowing championships where the number of men’s and women’s events was equal. The world governing body made that decision in ...
The World Indoor Rowing Championships is an indoor rowing championship competition organised by World Rowing.The competition has been held annually since 2018. So far, there have been championships organized in venues and with virtual formats.
Event Gold Silver Bronze Openweight events W1x details: Karolien Florijn Netherlands 7:31.66 Emma Twigg New Zealand 7:34.03 Tara Rigney Australia 7:36.96 W2x details Romania
The traditional terminology, in a strict application, varies between boats operating on salt water and in fresh water. "Rowing" at sea denotes each rower operating a pair of oars, one on each side of the boat. When each person uses a single oar on one side of the boat, that action is termed "pulling". In fresh water terminology, "rowing" is the ...
Contents. Rowing at the Summer Olympics. Rowing has been part of the Summer Olympics since its debut in the 1900 Games. Rowing was on the program at the 1896 Summer Olympics but was cancelled due to bad weather. [ 1 ] Only men were allowed to compete until the women's events were introduced at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal which gave ...