Ramon di Clemente (born 2 May 1975) is a South African

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is di ...

and Olympic medalist. He competes in the coxless pair event with his boat partner of the past few years,

Donovan Cech Donovan Cech (born 2 May 1974) is a South African rower. He competes in the Coxless Pairs division and his boat partner for the past few years has been Ramon di Clemente. The pair won a Bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in A ...

. They won the bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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. In 2008,

was replaced by

Shaun Keeling Shaun Keeling (born 21 January 1987) is a South African rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using o ...

due to a persistent lower-back injury. After only a few months rowing together Ramon di Clementi and

went on to make the A final at the Olympics. After a closely fought race they were narrowly beaten by 4 crews and came in fifth.

Achievements

* 2005 – World Championships silver medal * 2004 – 2004 Summer Olympics bronze medal * 2003 – World Championships bronze medal * 2002 – World Championships silver medal * 2001 – World Championships bronze medal * 2008, 2007, 2005 & 2004 – winner of

Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup The Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's coxless pairs at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is open to male crews from all eligible rowing clubs. Two clubs may ...

at the

Henley Royal Regatta Henley Royal Regatta (or Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage) is a rowing event held annually on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. It was established on 26 March 1839. It differs from the thr ...

* A finalist at the

2000 Sydney Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug language, Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport ...

and

2008 Beijing Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

Affiliations

* TuksSport –

University of Pretoria The University of Pretoria ( af, Universiteit van Pretoria, nso, Yunibesithi ya Pretoria) is a multi-campus public university, public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa. The university was ...

, South Africa

References

1975 births Living people South African male rowers Olympic rowers of South Africa Olympic bronze medalists for South Africa Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics South African people of Italian descent Italian South African World Rowing Championships medalists for South Africa 21st-century South African people {{SouthAfrica-rowing-bio-stub