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1984 World Rowing Championships
The 1984 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held on 26 August 1984 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Since 1984 was an Olympic year for rowing, the World Championships did not include Olympic events scheduled for the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon .... Medal summary Medalists at the 1984 World Rowing Championships were: Men's lightweight events Women's lightweight events References {{World Rowing Championships Rowing competitions in Canada World Rowing Championships World Rowing Championships World Rowing Championships World Rowing Championships Rowing Rowing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notre Dame Island
Notre Dame Island (french: Île Notre-Dame) is an artificial island in the Saint Lawrence River in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is immediately to the east of Saint Helen's Island and west of the Saint Lawrence Seaway and the city of Saint-Lambert on the south shore. Together with Saint Helen's Island, it makes up Parc Jean-Drapeau, which forms part of the Hochelaga Archipelago. To the southeast, the island is connected to the embankment separating the seaway and Lachine Rapids. Parc Jean-Drapeau is registered as a leg of the Route Verte and Trans Canada Trail. It houses the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, host of the Canadian Grand Prix of Formula One. History Notre Dame Island was built in ten months from 15 million tons of rock excavated for the Montreal Metro underground rail in 1965. It was created for Expo 67 to celebrate Canada's centennial. Nearly all of the remaining Expo 67 pavilions were demolished in 1975 to make way for a long rowing and canoeing basin for Montreal's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leif Kruse
Leif is a male given name of Scandinavian origin. It is derived from the Old Norse name ''Leifr'' (nominative case), meaning "heir", "descendant". Use in the Nordic countries Spelling and prevalence Across the Nordic countries, the most commonly occurring spelling of the name is ''Leif'', however, there are some well-established regional variants: * – Leiv * – Lejf * – Leifur * – Leivur In Norway, about 17,000 men have Leif as their first (or only) name. In Sweden, 70,000 men have the name Leif, about 60% of them as a first name. As of 2018, about 15,000 Danish men have Leif as their first name. In Finland, as of 2012, 4,628 men have Leif as a first name. In the U.S. , as of 2015, 6,415 men have Leif as a first name. Pronunciation Because the Scandinavian languages differ in their pronunciation of the digraphs and , the name Leif may be either pronounced as an approximate rhyme for "safe", or approximately like the English word "life", In Sweden, Finland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivar Mølgaard
Ivar Mølgaard is a Danish lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 1981 World Rowing Championships in Munich with the lightweight men's eight 8 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 8 or eight may also refer to: Years * AD 8, the eighth year of the AD era * 8 BC, the eighth year before the AD era Art * The Eight (Ashcan School), a group of twentieth century painters associated with the .... References Year of birth missing (living people) Danish male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Denmark Living people Place of birth missing (living people) {{Denmark-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Forbes (rower)
Stuart Forbes is a British former rower who competed for Great Britain and England. Rowing career Forbes represented Great Britain in World Rowing Cup. He represented England and won a gold medal in the lightweight coxless four, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to th .... References English male rowers Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Rowers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games {{England-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Wilson (rower)
Ian John Wilson (born 1951) is a retired British lightweight rowing, lightweight rower who competed for Great Britain. Biography Wilson is a brother of international rowers Stuart Wilson (rower), Stuart Wilson and Andrew Wilson. Ian Wilson first competed internationally with the men's eight at the 1975 World Rowing Championships in Nottingham where the team came 9th overall after finishing in third place in the B final. In 1978 he was part of the lightweight double scull with Daniel Topolski that finished 7th overall after winning the B final at the 1978 FISA Lightweight Championships in Copenhagen. Ian and Stuart Wilson then rowed with the lightweight men's four at the 1979 World Rowing Championships in Bled where they became world champions. The two brothers then competed in the lightweight men's double scull and came fourth at the 1980 World Rowing Championships in Hazewinkel. At the 1983 World Rowing Championships in Duisburg, Ian Wilson won a silver medal in the lightweight m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Smith (rower)
Carl Smith (1962 – 1 January 2010) was a male British lightweight rower. Rowing career Smith was a four times World Champion winning a gold medal in 1986, 1991 at the 1991 World Rowing Championships in Vienna with the lightweight men's four, 1992 and 1994. He represented England and won two bronze medals in the single scull and doubles scull with Allan Whitwell, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to th .... Personal life He went to school at West Bridgford Comprehensive School. He died in 2010 in a car accident. References 1962 births 2010 deaths British male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Bates (rower)
Christopher Bates is a former British lightweight rower. Rowing career Bates was three times world champion; twice with the lightweight men's four (in 1991 in Vienna and in 1992 in Montreal) and once with the lightweight men's eight (in 1994 in Indianapolis). He represented England and won a gold medal in the lightweight coxless four, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was part of the coxless pairs crew, with Peter Haining, that won the national title rowing for Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association abbreviated NCRA is a rowing club based at the Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre in Nottingham. History The club was formed in 1981 by a small group of elite rowers from the Trentside clubs i ..., at the 1988 National Rowing Championships. His daughter Laura, is also a very accomplished rower who has recently joined London Rowing Club. References Year of birth missing (living people) Liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ansgar Wessling
Ansgar Wessling (born 3 May 1961) is a retired West German competition rower. Between 1988 and 1992, he won two world titles and two Olympic medals in the eight event, as well as a silver in the coxed four at the 1990 World Championships. References External links * * * 1961 births Living people West German male rowers German male rowers Olympic rowers for West Germany Olympic rowers for Germany Olympic gold medalists for West Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in rowing Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Germany World Rowing Championships medalists for West Germany Sportspeople from Essen Rowers from North Rhine-Westphalia {{Germany-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Rogall
Frank Rogall (born 13 September 1961) is a German lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 1985 World Rowing Championships in Hazewinkel The Hazewinkel is a 2,000 m rowing and regatta course belonging to Bloso in Heindonk, municipality of Willebroek, near Mechelen, Belgium. The site consists of a finishing tower, boathouses, a cafeteria A cafeteria, sometimes called ... with the lightweight men's four. References 1961 births Living people German male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for West Germany {{Germany-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Jaekel
Thomas Jaekel (some sources say Jaeckel, born 21 February 1959) is a German lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 1985 World Rowing Championships The 1985 World Rowing Championships refer to the World Rowing Championships held from 26 August to 1 September 1985 at Hazewinkel in Belgium. Medal summary Medalists at the 1985 World Rowing Championships were: Men's events Women's even ... in Hazewinkel with the lightweight men's four. References 1959 births Living people German male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for West Germany {{Germany-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Birkner (rower)
Wolfgang Birkner (born 24 January 1960) is a German lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 1985 World Rowing Championships in Hazewinkel The Hazewinkel is a 2,000 m rowing and regatta course belonging to Bloso in Heindonk, municipality of Willebroek, near Mechelen, Belgium. The site consists of a finishing tower, boathouses, a cafeteria A cafeteria, sometimes called ... with the lightweight men's four. References 1960 births Living people West German male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for West Germany {{Germany-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Molina
Alberto Molina Castillo is a Spanish lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 1983 World Rowing Championships in Duisburg Duisburg () is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine and the Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruhr Region, Duisburg is the 5th largest city in No ... with the lightweight men's four. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Spanish male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Spain 20th-century Spanish people {{Spain-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |