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Sam Bosworth
Sam Bosworth (born 5 April 1994) is a New Zealand coxswain (rowing), coxswain. He is an Olympic champion and was the first male coxswain to win an international elite rowing event in a female crew. Personal life Bosworth was born on 5 April 1994 and is from Waipara in North Canterbury, New Zealand, Canterbury. He received his education at Christ's College, Christchurch, Christ's College in Christchurch, and he took up rowing while at the school during 2009, moving to the sport from cricket. He is enrolled for tertiary study at Lincoln University (New Zealand), Lincoln University, studying towards a bachelor of Environmental Management and Planning. In late 2016, he moved to Cambridge, New Zealand, Cambridge to be at the national rowing training centre. Rowing career Bosworth is a member of the Avon Rowing Club. At the 2012 World Rowing Junior Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, he won gold with the junior men's coxed four with Tom Murray (New Zealand rower), Tom Murray, Michael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowing (sport)
Rowing, often called crew American English, in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using Oar (sport rowing), oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using Rowlock, rowlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is divided into two disciplines: sculling and sweep rowing. In sculling, each rower (or oarsman) holds two oars, one in each hand, while in sweep rowing each rower holds one oar with both hands. There are several boat classes in which athletes may compete, ranging from single sculls, occupied by one person, to shells with eight rowers and a coxswain (rowing), coxswain, called eight (rowing), eights. There are a wide variety of course types and formats of racing, but most elite and championship level racing is conducted on calm water courses long with several lanes marked using buoys. Modern rowing as a competitive sport can be traced to the early 17th century whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
