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Rowing At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification
Qualification rules A nation may earn up to 1 boat in each of the 14 Rowing events. Note that though crew members' names are given below, for boats which qualified at the 2007 World Championships the crew racing at the Olympics is not required to include the same crew members as the crew which qualified. Summary Qualification timeline ''*'' Open to NOCs that are members of Organización Deportiva Panamericana, with the exception of USA and Canada. ''**'' Open to all NOCs except in the M1x, LM2x, W1x and LW2x events where the NOCs from Africa, Asia and Latin America are excluded. Single Sculls Men Pairs Men Double Sculls Men Fours Men Quadruple Sculls Men Eights Men Double Sculls Lightweight Men Fours Lightweight Men Single sculls women Pairs Women Double Sculls Women Quadruple Sculls Women Eights Women Double Sculls Lightweight Women ''*'' Nation invited via Unused Quota Places. References Olympic Qualification Summary {{DEFAULTSORT:Rowi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single Sculls Men
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Algiers
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Sjoerd Hamburger
Sjoerd Hamburger (born 8 February 1983 in Oldeberkoop) is a rower from the Netherlands, who competes in the single scull. Hamburger was born and raised in Oldeberkoop, where he played korfball and was involved in training for triathlons. When he was 18 he moved to Utrecht to study and started rowing in an eight at the Orca Rowing Club.Sjoerd Hamburger Biography , sjoerdhamburger.nl, ret: 6 August 2008 The boat took silver at the European Youth Championships that year. In 2003 Hamburger rowed in the Orca which came sixth at the World Under-23 Rowing Championships. On the advice of his coach Peter van der Noort, he started training in the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Vonarburg
André Vonarburg (born 16 January 1978, in Lucerne) is a Swiss rower. He has represented Switzerland at four Olympics. He finished 5th in the men's quadruple sculls at the 2000 Summer Olympics (with Christian Stofer, Michael Erdlen and Simon Stürm). At the 2004 Summer Olympics, he was part of a team that did not reach the medal final. The same thing happened at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the .... References External links * * 1978 births Living people Swiss male rowers Sportspeople from Lucerne Rowers from the canton of Lucerne Olympic rowers for Switzerland Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Oly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago Fernández (rower)
Santiago ("El Pollo") Fernández (born 23 September 1976) is a rower from Argentina. He competed in four Summer Olympics for Argentina: 1996, 2004, 2008, and 2012. Santiago won two gold medals at the Pan American Games. In 2010, he was granted the Konex Award Konex Foundation Awards, or simply Konex Awards, are cultural awards from the Konex Foundation honouring Argentine cultural personalities. History and purpose Konex Awards are granted by the Konex Foundation, created in 1980 in Argentina. The p ... Merit Diploma as one of the five best rowers of the last decade in Argentina. References 1976 births Argentine male rowers Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2007 Pan American Games Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2011 Pan American Games Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Argentina Rowers from Buenos Aires Living people Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Maeyens
Tim Maeyens (born in Bruges, 23 August 1981) is a Belgian rower who competes primarily in the single scull. He competed at three Olympic Games. He started rowing at the age of nine and rows for the Royal Rowing Association of Bruges. In 1999, Maeyens won the bronze medal in the single scull at the Junior World Rowing Championships. In 2002, he teamed up with Christophe Raes to finish sixth place in the double scull at the World Rowing Under 23 Championships. In 2004, he made the finals on the Olympic Games in Athens and earned sixth place. Maeyens again made the final in the 2008 Olympics, this time finishing fourth, 1.8 seconds out of a medal. Tim Maeyens graduated in bio-engineering at University of Ghent Ghent University (, abbreviated as UGent) is a Public university, public research university located in Ghent, in the East Flanders province of Belgium. Located in Flanders, Ghent University is the second largest Belgian university, consisting o .... References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lassi Karonen
Lassi Karonen (born 17 March 1976 in Djura) is a Swedish rower. He finished 6th in the men's single sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ... he finished 4th, also in men's single sculls. References * * 1976 births Living people Swedish male rowers Olympic rowers for Sweden Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swedish people of Finnish descent People from Leksand Municipality Sportspeople from Dalarna County {{Sweden-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Hacker
Marcel Hacker (born 29 April 1977, in Magdeburg) is a German rower. Career Hacker won an Olympic bronze medal in 2000 in Sydney and became a world champion in 2002 in Seville. In 2004, he won the Diamond Challenge Sculls for the second time (the premier event for single sculls) at the Henley Royal Regatta. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ..., he competed in men's double sculls with teammate Stephan Krüger. They finished in 8th place. References External links * London 2012 Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Germany Olympic bronze m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Campbell (rower)
Alan W Campbell (born 9 May 1983) is a British sculler. Biography Alan Campbell was born in Coleraine, Northern Ireland, and started rowing for his school, Coleraine Academical Institution for Boys. ON leaving, he joined Bann Rowing Club Coleraine. Years later he then left for London and joined Tideway Scullers School. In 2003, Campbell left his degree and won the Diamond Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta. He then made his international debut at the World U23 Championships in 2003, where he was forced to switch from the double to the single sculls five days before the regatta when his sculling partner became ill. Despite this he finished 8th. He competed in the quadruple sculls at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing in 12th place. In 2005, Campbell won the men's single at the GB Selection Trials, and raced in the men's quad for the World Cup series, winning the bronze at Lucerne regatta. At the 2005 World Championships in Gifu, Japan, the men's quad narrowly failed to reach th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olaf Tufte
Olaf Karl Tufte (born 27 April 1976 in Tønsberg) is a Norwegian rower, firefighter, and farmer. He is a seven-time Olympian, and as a single sculler he was twice the Olympic champion and twice the world champion. He has been consistently selected to the Norwegian men's senior national rowing squad since 1996, including his selection as a 2020 Tokyo Olympian – where he made his seventh Olympic appearance, racing in the men's quadruple sculls. Early rowing career Tufte started rowing at age 17, initially as a means to improve his handle on motor cross. He rows from the Horten Roklubb in Horten, Vestfold on the Oslofjord. He quickly displayed an aptitude for the sport and one year later, in 1994, he debuted internationally for Norway, rowing a single scull at the 1994 Junior World Rowing Championships. He finished sixth. In 1995, he raced in a Norwegian U23 quad scull which took silver at the Nations Cup in Holland. Representative rowing career Tufte's senior debut for Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ondřej Synek
Ondřej Synek (; born 13 October 1982 in Stará Boleslav) is a Czech former rower. He is a five-time World Champion in Single Sculls, winning in 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2017. He won Olympic silver medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and 2012 Summer Olympics in London. In Beijing he came in as the chief rival of Mahé Drysdale, but despite Drysdale coming down with a painful stomach flu and falling in the final stages of the final to bronze, he was upset for the gold by defending Olympic Champion Olaf Tufte, who Synek had regularly been beating the previous couple years. In London he was jointly favored for gold with Drysdale after trading gold and silver at the previous two World Championships, but fell short to Drysdale in the final. In Rio after having won 3 straight World Championships since London, he came in as the clear favorite and had a stated desire to badly want the Olympic Gold. However, he had narrowly missed in both Beijing and London. His quest for O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahé Drysdale
Alexander Mahé Owens Drysdale (born 19 November 1978) is a New Zealand politician and retired rower. Drysdale is a two-time Olympic champion and a five-time world champion in the single sculls. He is a seven-time New Zealand national champion and five-time recipient of New Zealand Sportsman of the Year. He is the current mayor of Tauranga. Early life and background Born in Australia to New Zealand parents, Mahé was named after the largest island in the Seychelles. He attended Tauranga Boys' College in Tauranga, New Zealand, then the University of Auckland where he took up rowing at the age of 18. He initially gave up rowing to concentrate on his studies, but resumed after watching fellow New Zealander Rob Waddell win gold at the 2000 Olympic Games. Drysdale rowed from West End Rowing Club in Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand, and is also a member of the Tideway Scullers School, London. Rowing World Championships Drysdale first represented New Zealand at the Rowing World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
