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Jiang Jijian is a Chinese paralympic rower.
He participated at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the rowing competition, and won a bronze medal in the mixed double sculls event with his teammate, Liu Shuang. [1] [2] [3]
University of London Boat Club is the rowing club for the University of London and its member institutions, many of which also have their own boat clubs. The club has its boathouse on the Thames in Chiswick, London, UK. It is a designated High-Performance Programme funded by British Rowing.
Kathryn Ross is an Australian Paralympic rower. She is a four-time world champion who has participated at four Paralympics from 2008 to 2020, winning a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics. She set a world's best time in the PR2 1X event at the 2019 World Rowing Championships.
Gavin Bellis is an Australian Paralympic rower. He represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in rowing and with Kathryn Ross won gold medals at the 2013, 2014 and 2015 World Rowing Championships. He partnered Ross at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
John Smith is a South African rower. He won a gold medal in the Men's lightweight coxless four event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, with teammates James Thompson, Matthew Brittain, and Sizwe Ndlovu. In 2014, he won the men's lightweight double sculls with Thompson at the World Championships, setting a world's best time. The pair also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
The rowing competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place between 23 and 30 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo Bay. Fourteen medal events were contested by 526 athletes.
Moran Samuel is an Israeli paralympic basketball player and world champion rower. She was chosen to light a ceremonial torch on Israel's Independence Day in 2019. She represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. She won a gold medal competing for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the Women's single sculls.
Armandas Kelmelis is a Lithuanian rower.
Shakhboz Kholmurzaev is an Uzbekistani rower. He placed 22nd in the men's single sculls event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Mathilda Kathryn R. Hodgkins-Byrne is a British rower. She won a gold medal in the double scull at the 2016 World Rowing U23 Championships. She won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida, as part of the quadruple sculls with Bethany Bryan, Jessica Leyden and Holly Nixon.
This article details the qualifying phase for rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics. The majority of the spots were awarded to the National Olympic Committees, not to specific athletes, at the 2019 World Rowing Championships, held in Ottensheim, Austria from 25 August to 1 September 2019. At the World Championships countries qualify boats rather than crews and can make crew changes for the Olympic regatta for qualified boats. Further berths are distributed to the nations at four continental qualifying regattas in Asia and Oceania, Africa, Latin America, and Europe. The last berths were distributed at the Final Olympic Qualification Regatta held in Lucerne, Switzerland 15–16 May 2021.
Sholto Carnegie is a British representative rower. He is an Olympic and a two-time world champion in the Great Britain men's eight.
Brazil competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
The men's lightweight double sculls event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 to 29 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway. 36 rowers from 18 nations competed.
Nicoleta Ancuța Bodnar is a Romanian rower who predominantly competes in double sculls, together with Simona Radiș. She is a two-time Olympic champion and won the gold medal in the women's double sculls at the 2020 Summer Olympics, the gold medal in the women's eight and the silver medal in the women's double sculls at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Bodnar is also a two-time world champion and a four-time European champion in double sculls, and a European champion in eight.
Simona Geanina Radiș is a Romanian rower who predominantly competes in double sculls, together with Ancuța Bodnar. She is a two-time Olympic champion and won the gold medal in the women's double sculls at the 2020 Summer Olympics, the gold medal in the women's eight and the silver medal in the women's double sculls at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Radiș is also a two-time world champion and a four-time European champion in double sculls, and a world champion and three-time European champion in eight.
Milena Venega Cancio is a Cuban rower.
Stefan Broenink is a Dutch rower. He is a 2023 world champion, an Olympian and an Olympic silver medallist. He won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the double sculls event together with Melvin Twellaar. He was still rowing the double scull with Twellaar when they won gold in that boat at the 2023 World Rowing Championships.
Renê Campos Pereira is a Brazilian paralympic rower. He competed in the men's single sculls at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, winning the bronze medal. Pereira also competed in the rowing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Liu Shuang is a Chinese pararower.
Benjamin Pritchard is a British para-rower. He competed at the 2022 European Championships in the men's PR1M1x event, winning the bronze medal. He also competed at the 2022 World Rowing Championships in the PR1 men's single sculls event, winning the bronze medal.