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2018 World Rowing Championships
The 2018 World Rowing Championships were the World Rowing Championships held at the regatta course in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The event was held from 9 to 16 September. Events held were men and women's open class, lightweight class, and para-rowing. Prior FISA regattas that had been held in Plovdiv include the 1999 and 2012 World Rowing Junior Championships, and the 2011 European Rowing Championships. 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 2017. Host selection During 2013, Plovdiv and Sarasota, Florida both applied to host the 2017 World Rowing Championships. In April 2013, a committee of International Rowing Federation (FISA) officials visited the city in Florida and they went to Plovdiv the following month. It was then noted that Plovdiv had hosted the 2012 World Rowing Championships and that the bid documentation for 2017 had not be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plovdiv
Plovdiv (, ) is the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, second-largest city in Bulgaria, 144 km (93 miles) southeast of the capital Sofia. It had a population of 490,983 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is a cultural hub in Bulgaria and was the European Capital of Culture in 1999 and 2019. The city is an important economic, transport, cultural, and educational centre. Plovdiv joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in 2016. Archeological symbols of Plovdiv Plovdiv is in a fertile region of south-central Bulgaria on the two banks of the Maritsa River. The city has historically developed on seven syenite hills, some of which are high. Because of these hills, Plovdiv is often referred to in Bulgaria as "The City of the Seven Hills". There is evidence of habitation in the area dating back to the 6th millennium BCE, when the first Neolithic settlements were established. The city was subsequently a Thracians, Thracian settlement, later being conq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnabé Delarze
Barnabé Delarze (born 30 June 1994) is a Swiss rower. He competed in the men's quadruple sculls event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and in the men's double sculls at the 2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo .... Although not successful in his attempts on winning Olympic medals, he did win gold after meeting his current bestfriends during his time at the University of Oxford. Education References External links * 1994 births Living people Swiss male rowers Olympic rowers for Switzerland Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) World Rowing Championships medalists for Switzerland European Rowing Championships medalists 21st-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serhiy Hryn (rower)
Serhiy Mikhailovich Hryn (; born 27 December 1981) is a Ukrainian rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are .... References External links * * 1981 births Living people Ukrainian male rowers Rowers from Kyiv Olympic rowers for Ukraine Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Ukraine Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Ukraine {{Ukraine-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmytro Mikhay
Dmytro Valeriyovych Mikhay (; born 27 February 1990) is a Ukrainian rower. He won the gold medal in the quadruple sculls at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, with what is still a world's fastest time as of September 2018. He competed in the double sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics with Artem Morozov. He won the gold medal in the quadruple sculls at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam with Morozov, Oleksandr Nadtoka and Ivan Dovhodko. The team also won the European Championships that year. The team of Mikhay, Morozov, Nadtoka and Dovhodko won the silver medal at the 2015 European Championships. He competed at the 2016 Olympic Games in the men's quadruple sculls with Morozov, Oleksandr Nadtoka and Ivan Dovhodko. In 2018, Mikhay, alongside Sergii Gryn, Nadtoka and Dovhodko won the bronze medal in the men's quadruple sculls at the World Championships. Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Mikhay and his wife Dasha escaped to England, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Watts (rower)
David Watts (born 5 February 1992) is an Australian rower. A national champion and national representative, he is a 2016 Olympian and won silver medals at the 2015 and 2018 World Rowing Championships. School, club and state rowing Watts was born in England before moving to Perth, Western Australia. As a child he was a successful state swimmer and a young member of a teenage squad which swam across the arduous English Channel establishing himself as a determined, young athlete, aged 13 years. He moved to the sport of rowing after being identified as a talented athlete by the Western Australian Institute of Sport's Talent Identification Program. He attended a public school, Churchlands SHS then Trinity College, Perth for year 12 . He was a welcome member of their champion 1st VIII of 2009. He won numerous medals at state level and first represented Australia in Ottensheim in the Junior Men's World Championships, in the four, at the young age of 16, stroking the boat and finishin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Purnell
Alexander (Steve) Purnell (born 30 January 1995) is an Australian rower. He is an Olympic and national champion who has represented at underage and senior world championships. In 2018 in an Australian eight, he won the Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta. He rowed in the bow seat of the Australian men's coxless four to a gold medal victory at the Tokyo Olympics. Varsity, club and state rowing Purnell began his rowing career at Shore School in Sydney. His senior club rowing has been from the Sydney University Boat Club. Purnell competed for the SUBC at the 2014 and 2015 Intervarsity Championships. In 2014, he rowed in the Sydney University eight and a coxed four and won both titles. In 2015 he rowed in the double scull and the eight and took the title in the eight. With Marcus Britt he won the open men's national coxless pair title at the 2023 Australian Rowing Championships. At the 2023 Australian Rowing Championships he won the open coxless four national title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campbell Watts
Campbell Watts (born 10 November 1995) is an Australian rower. He is an Australian national champion who participated at the 2018 World Rowing Championships, where he won a silver medal. Club and state rowing Watts was educated at St Joseph's College Hunters Hill where he took up rowing. Watts' senior club rowing has been from the Sydney University Boat Club. He competed for the SUBC at the 2014 and 2015 Intervarsity Championships. In 2014 he rowed in the Sydney University eight and a coxed four and won both titles. In 2015 he competed in the coxed four and the eight and won a universities title in the eight. He debuted at state representative level for New South Wales in the 2015 youth eight which contested and won the Noel Wilkinson Trophy at the Interstate Regatta within the 2015 Australian Rowing Championships. At the 2018 Australian Rowing Championships he contested the open men's double scull national title with Hamish Playfair of UTS Haberfield and placed second. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caleb Antill
Caleb Antill (born 8 August 1995) is an Australian representative rower. He is an Olympian, a multiple Australian national champion, was a 2016 U23 world champion and has represented at World Rowing Championships, winning medals in 2018 and 2022. He raced in the Australian men's quad scull at Tokyo 2021 to a bronze medal. Club and state rowing Antill's senior club rowing has been from the ANU Boat Club. Antill competed for the ANU Boat Club at the 2014 and 2015 Intervarsity Championships. In 2014 he rowed in the ANU eight, a coxed four and a coxless pair. In 2015 he competed in the coxed four and won the double-sculls university championship title with Luke Letcher. Antill first made state selection for the Australian Capital Territory in their 2015 men's eight competing for the King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta. In 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023 he was the ACT's single sculling entrant and raced for the President's Cup at the Interstate Regatta. At the 2017 Australian Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giacomo Gentili
Giacomo Gentili (born 3 July 1997) is an Italian rower. He is a world champion and an Olympic finalist, and competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Quadruple sculls. He participated at the 2018 World Rowing Championships where he became world champion in quad scull. The following year, he won bronze in the men's quad at the 2019 World Rowing Championships The 2019 World Rowing Championships were held in Ottensheim, Austria from 25 August to 1 September 2019. Apart from Ottensheim, the right to host the championships was contested by Hamburg in Germany, Račice (Litoměřice District), Račice in .... References External links * 1997 births Living people Italian male rowers Sportspeople from Cremona Rowers from Lombardy World Rowing Championships medalists for Italy European Rowing Championships medalists Rowers of Fiamme Gialle Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Italy 21st-century Italian sportsmen Rowers at the 2024 Summer Olympics [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luca Rambaldi
Luca Rambaldi (born 9 December 1994) is an Italian rower who won quadruple sculls gold at the 2018 World Rowing Championships and the European Rowing Championships The European Rowing Championships is an international rowing regatta organised by World Rowing (named FISA until 2020) for European rowing nations, plus Israel, which, though not a member of the European federation, is treated as a European n .... He placed fifth in quadruple sculls at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Achievements References External links * 1994 births Living people Italian male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Italy European Rowing Championships medalists Sportspeople from Ferrara Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in rowing Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Rowers of Fiamme Gialle Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Italy Rowers at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century Italian sportsmen { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Panizza
Andrea Panizza (born 14 July 1998) is an Italian rower. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Quadruple sculls. He participated at the 2018 World Rowing Championships The 2018 World Rowing Championships were the World Rowing Championships held at the regatta course in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The event was held from 9 to 16 September. Events held were men and women's open class, lightweight class, and para-rowing. ... where he became world champion in quad scull. References External links * 1998 births Living people Italian male rowers Rowers from Lecco World Rowing Championships medalists for Italy European Rowing Championships medalists Rowers of Fiamme Gialle Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Italy Rowers at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filippo Mondelli
Filippo Mondelli (18 June 1994 – 29 April 2021) was an Italian rower, gold medallist at the 2018 European Rowing Championships and at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in the men's quadruple sculls. In February 2020 he was reported to be suffering from osteosarcoma in his left leg. He died in Cernobbio Cernobbio (Comasco: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Como, Lombardy, northern Italy. It is located about north of Milan and about northwest of Como, on the border with Switzerland and near Lake Como. The highest peak is the ... in April 2021, at the age of 26. References External links * 1994 births 2021 deaths Deaths from bone cancer in Italy Italian male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Italy Rowers from Como Rowers of Fiamme Gialle Deaths from cancer in Lombardy 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
