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The 2024 World Rowing Championships are scheduled to be held in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. [1]
St. Catharines is the most populous city in Canada's Niagara Region, the eighth largest urban area in the province of Ontario. As of 2017, St. Catharines has an area of 96.13 square kilometres (37.12 sq mi) and 140,370 residents. It lies in Southern Ontario, 51 kilometres (32 mi) south of Toronto across Lake Ontario, and is 19 kilometres (12 mi) inland from the international boundary with the United States along the Niagara River. It is the northern entrance of the Welland Canal. Residents of St. Catharines are known as St. Catharinites. St. Catharines carries the official nickname "The Garden City" due to its 1,000 acres (4 km2) of parks, gardens, and trails.
World Rowing, also known as the World Rowing Federation, is the international governing body for rowing. Its current president is Jean-Christophe Rolland who succeeded Denis Oswald at a ceremony held in Lucerne in July 2014.
Buffy-Lynne Williams is a Canadian rower. She was born in St. Catharines, Ontario.
Jacob Wetzel is a Canadian rower. He has represented both Canada and the United States at the World Championships and the Olympics. He was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Gavin Hassett is a Canadian rower. He began rowing in 1989. A three time Olympian, he won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the Men's Lightweight Coxless Fours event, alongside Jeffrey Lay, Dave Boyes and Brian Peaker. He also claimed a bronze medal at the 2002 World Rowing Championships in Seville, Spain in the same event. His international debut was in 1993 with a gold in the lightweight 8+ World champion in Roudnice, 1994 bronze, lucerne world cup regatta, 1994 4th Indianapolis lightweight 4- World championship, 1995 4th Tampere lightweight 4- World championship, 1996 silver lightweight 4- Atlanta Olympics, 1999 6th St Catharines lightweight 4- World championships, 2000 7th Sydney Olympic games, 2001 silver lightweight 4- Munich world cup, 2001 5th Lucerne lightweight 4- World championships, 2002 gold Lucerne world cup lightweight 4-, 2002 bronze Seville world championships lightweight 4-, 2003 silver Lucerne worldcup regatta lightweight 4-, 2003 5th Milan lightweight 4- world championships, 2004 silver Lucerne worldcup regatta lightweight 4-, 2004 5th Athens lightweight 4- olympic games
Kevin Richard Light is a Canadian rower.
Timothy H. Rigby is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as Mayor of St. Catharines from 1997 to 2006, and is currently a Niagara Regional Councillor.
The Royal Canadian Henley Regatta started in 1880 as the first championship for the newly formed Canadian Amateur Rowing Association.
Neil William Campbell, CM was a Canadian rower. Born in Buffalo, his parents moved to St. Catharines, Ontario, when Campbell was around one year old. He started his rowing career with the St. Catharines Rowing Club in 1952, as a heavyweight oarsman. He competed in the Coxless Four at the 1964 Summer Olympics, and the Eight at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
The Canadian Secondary School Rowing Association (CSSRA) is an organization which governs high school rowing in Canada. The CSSRA has hosted the main high school rowing event, known as the CSSRA Championships since 1945. In 2020, the regatta was cancelled due to concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.
The St. Catharines Rowing Club is a non-profit organization located in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. It has a long history of rowing excellence and community service dating back over more than a century. Founded in 1903 Port Dalhousie, Ontario the fifth SCRC clubhouse is now located on Henley Island in the Martindale Pond.
Maren Derlien is a German rower. In 1999 she won the World Rowing Championships in St. Catharines, Canada in the quad sculls boat. In 2005, 2006 and 2007 she also rowed at the World Rowing Championships. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
The 1999 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 22 to 29 August 1999 at the Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
Douglas Turnbull Hamilton is a Canadian Olympic medallist rower.
Victoria Nolan is a pararower for Canada's National Rowing Team.
The 1970 World Rowing Championships was the 3rd World Rowing Championships. It was held in 1970 at the Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. The competition involved seven events. Prior to the 4th World Rowing Championships in 1974, only men competed.
The Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course is a rowing facility that is located in Port Dalhousie, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. The facility was constructed in 1903 as a permanent venue for the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta. The facility is located on the Martindale Pond.
Gilbert Mervyn Cawood was a New Zealand rower.
Rob Mitchell is an Australian former lightweight rower. He was a 1997 world champion and twice an Australian national champion. He won gold at the 1997 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette in the lightweight men's eight.
Michael Wiseman is an Australian former lightweight rower, a world champion and national champion. He won a gold medal at the 1997 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette in the lightweight men's eight.