Viorica Susanu is a Romanian rower and winner of four Olympic Gold medals.
Georgeta Damian is a female rower from Romania and winner of five Olympic gold medals. She married the rower Valeriu Andrunache in 2006.
Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics featured 7 events, for men only. The competitions were held from 30 August to 3 September on the Lago di Albano.
Lynley Coventry, much better known under her maiden name Lynley Hannen, is a former New Zealand rower.
Romano Sgheiz is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion.
Erin Jane Cafaro is an American rower. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in the women's eight. At the 2012 London Olympics she won her second consecutive gold medal in the women's eight.
Anneke Venema is a retired rower from the Netherlands. She won a silver medal in the women's eight with coxswain in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, Venema and Elien Meijer finished 8th in the women's coxless pair.
Hans-Johann Färber is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics, 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Rodica Arba is a retired Romanian rower. She competed at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympics and won two gold, one silver, and one bronze medal. At the world championships she won four gold, one silver and two bronze medals between 1981 and 1987, mostly in coxless pairs.
Sarah Anne Tait was an Australian rower - a national and world champion, three-time Olympian and Olympic-medal winner. She was the first mother to represent Australia in rowing at Olympic level, having returned to international competition following the birth of her daughter.
Stefani Werremeier is a German rower. She won a gold medal in coxless pairs at the 1990 World Rowing Championships and a silver in the same event at the 1991 World Rowing Championships. At the 1992 Summer Olympics she and Ingeburg Schwerzmann won silver medals in the coxless pair event. In the same event at the 1996 Summer Olympics she and Kathrin Haacker came in 4th. Werremeier also won a gold medal at the 1994 World Rowing Championships as part of the German coxed eights team.
Emma Robinson is a Canadian rower. Robinson won two medals at the Summer Olympics as part of the women's eight rowing teams for Canada in 1996 in Atlanta and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Robinson is also a three time world champion in the women's coxless pairs, when she won gold from 1997 to 1999, she has an additional silver medal, and three bronze, for a total of seven World Rowing Championships medals. She was named the Pairs Team of the Year at the National Sports Awards, winning in 1997 with Alison Korn and in 1999 with Theresa Luke.
Helen Glover is a British professional rower and a member of the Great Britain Rowing Team. Ranked the number 1 female rower in the world in 2015–16, she is a two-time Olympic champion, triple World champion, quintuple World Cup champion and quintuple European champion. She and her partner Heather Stanning were the World, Olympic, World Cup and European record holders, plus the Olympic, World and European champions in the women's coxless pairs. She has also been a British champion in both women's fours and quadruple sculls.
Louisa Reeve is a British rower who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics.
Femke Boelen is a retired Dutch rower. She won a gold medal in the women's coxless four at the 1994 World Rowing Championships, a bronze medal in the women's eight at the 1995 World Rowing Championships. She finished in sixth place in the women's eight at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Mădălina Bereș is a Romanian rower. She won the gold medal in the women's eight at the 2024 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal in the women's eight at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Bereș competed in the women's coxless pair at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the women's eight at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She is also a three-time world champion in eight and ten-time European champion, including titles in eight, coxless pair and coxless four. Bereș is the older sister of fellow rower Amalia Bereș.
Sarah Heard is a former Australian representative rower. She was a twelve-time Australian national and 2005 world champion. She stroked the Australian senior women's eight at the premier world regattas every year from 2005 to 2008 and including the women's eight final at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Madeleine Wanamaker is an American rower. In the 2018 World Rowing Championships, she won a gold medal in the women's coxless four event.
Rowan McKellar is a British rower.
Amalia Bereș is a Romanian rower. She won the gold medal in the women's eight at the 2024 Summer Olympics and competed in the women's eight at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Bereș is also a two-time world champion in eight and seven-time European champion, including titles in eight and coxless four. Bereș is the younger sister of fellow rower Mădălina Bereș.
