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Rowing At The 2012 Summer Paralympics
Rowing competitions at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London were held from 31 August to 2 September 2012, at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney. Classification Rowers are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows rowers to compete against others with a similar level of function. The three rowing classes are: *LTA (Legs, Trunk and Arms) - Mixed coxed fours *TA (Trunk and Arms) - Mixed double sculls *AS (Arms and shoulders) - Men's and women's singles Events Four rowing events are scheduled to be held, each over a course of 1000 metres: *Men's single sculls AS *Women's single sculls AS *Mixed double sculls TA *Mixed four coxed LTA Participating nations 96 rowers (48 male, 48 female) from 23 nations including 12 coxswains (5 male, 7 female) from 12 nations took part in this sport. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Medalists See also * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorney Lake
Dorney Lake (also known as Eton College Rowing Centre, and as Eton Dorney as a 2012 Summer Olympics venue) is a purpose-built rowing lake in England. It is near the village of Dorney, Buckinghamshire, and is around 3 km (2 miles) west of Windsor and Eton, close to the River Thames. The lake is privately owned and financed by Eton College, which spent £17 million developing it. Additional grants, totalling £500,000, were obtained from Sport England, UK Sport, the DCMS and SEEDA in order to build the lake's finish tower. The project was completed in 2006, after 10 years of construction. Although it is primarily for use by the school, the facilities are hired out for rowing, as well as for canoeing, dragon boating, open water swimming and triathlon. 2012 Olympic venue The lake was used as the 2012 Summer Olympic venue for rowing and canoe sprint, and as the 2012 Summer Paralympic venue for rowing. For the duration of the Olympics, the lake was officially referr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pam Relph
Pamela Lillian Relph MBE (born 14 November 1989) is a British adaptive rower who won gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics, thus becoming the first double gold medallist in Paralympic rowing. Personal life Relph was born on 14 November 1989 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. She attended John Colet School, in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, who have named one of their tutor houses after her. She attended the Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College on an Army scholarship and planned to join the Royal Engineers as an Engineering Officer. Her army career was ended by arthritis. She studied at the University of Birmingham and graduated in 2011 with a Bachelor of Science degree in physics. She is the sister of Monica Relph, GB Women's Senior rowing Squad member. Rowing Relph was introduced to the sport of rowing in August 2010 by her older sister, who had rowed internationally for Great Britain. In November 2010 she finished second in the British Indoor R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denys Sobol
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Olena Pukhaieva
Olena Pukhaieva (born 4 February 1961) is a Ukrainian rower. She competed in the women's eight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... References 1961 births Living people Ukrainian female rowers Olympic rowers of the Soviet Union Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Ukrainian women {{Ukraine-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kateryna Morozova
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Andrii Stelmakh
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Katrin Splitt
Katrin Splitt (born 11 August 1977) is a German former adaptive rower who competed at international elite competitions. She is a Paralympic silver medalist and a two-time World bronze medalist in the mixed coxed four A coxed four, also known as a 4+, is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars and is steered by a coxswain. The crew consists of four rowers, each having one .... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Splitt, Katrin 1977 births Living people Rowers from Berlin German female rowers Paralympic rowers of Germany Rowers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tino Kolitscher
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Astrid Hengsbach
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Anke Molkenthin
Anke Molkenthin (born 26 May 1962) is a German adaptive rower and paracanoeist who competes in international level events. She has competed as a rower in the mixed coxed four in the 2012 Summer Paralympics where she won a silver medal and competed in the 2016 Summer Paralympics The 2016 Summer Paralympics (), the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for disabled sports, athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, fro ... as a rower and a paracanoeist but did not medal in both sports. References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Molkenthin, Anke 1962 births Living people Rowers from Berlin Paralympic rowers of Germany Paracanoeists of Germany Rowers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paracanoeists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics 21st-century German people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lily Van Den Broecke
Lily Jacoba van den Broecke (born 8 January 1992) is a British rower who competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics as the coxswain in the mixed coxed four for Great Britain, and won the gold medal. Personal life Lily van den Broecke was born on 8 January 1992 in Lambeth, England. She is tall and weighed when she competed. She went to primary school at St Thomas' CE in Winchelsea East Sussex and moved to Oxford for secondary school. She was a student at Durham University, belonging to University College, Durham more commonly known as Castle. Lily studied for a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. She now works at the British Film Institute in London and has a keen interest in film, art, and aesthetics. Lily maintains a fondness for classical music and spends much, if not most, of her spare time composing hymns for the recorder. Rowing She began rowing when she attended Headington School, Oxford. After competing in sculling for four years she tried ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
