Michael Wilkinson (born May 9, 1986 in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian rower. [1] He competed in the men's coxless four at the 2012 Summer Olympics. His sister, Lauren, is also an Olympic rower and came in 2nd for the London Olympics in 2012, and in 5th for the Rio Olympics in 2016. . [2]
A water polo tournament was held on the Seine on 11 and 12 August 1900 as part of the 1900 Summer Olympics. Eight teams from four countries, all European, entered the event, although only seven ended up playing. The Osborne Swimming Club of Manchester, England, which has been listed with two rosters that are nearly entirely different, became the first Olympic water polo champions by defeating the Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club of Belgium. Third place went to the two French-based semi-finalists, Libellule de Paris and Pupilles de Neptune de Lille, the latter of whom entered two teams, but merged them together after the first round.
Egypt, which is represented by the Egyptian Olympic Committee (EOC), competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States from July 19 to August 4, 1996. Twenty-nine Egyptian athletes, twenty-seven men and two women, competed in boxing, handball, judo, rowing, shooting, swimming, weightlifting, and wrestling, but the nation did not win any medals.
Israel competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The nation returned to the Summer Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. 32 competitors, 24 men and 8 women, took part in 46 events in 11 sports.
Tomaž Pirih is a Slovenian rower who represented Slovenia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Men's coxless four. His brother Miha Pirih is also an Olympic rower.
Rob Williams is a British rower who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Lena Müller is a German rower. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's lightweight double sculls with Anja Noske.
Daniele Danesin is an Italian rower, who has won five gold medals at various World Rowing Championships. He has also represented Italy at the 2012 Summer Olympics. After rowing, Daniele moved to New Zealand and became a ultra marathon runner.
Nils Jakob Hoff is a former Norwegian rower. With Kjetil Borch he won gold in the men's double sculls at the 2013 World Championships. The pair also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Hoff competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Men's Single Sculls, winning his heat.
Egypt competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012, sending one of its largest delegations ever. A total of 110 Egyptian athletes participated in 83 events across 20 sports, with more women taking part than ever before. The nation's flagbearer in the opening ceremonies was Hesham Mesbah, a judoka who was Egypt's only medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Egypt won two medals during the course of the Games: Alaaeldin Abouelkassem earned silver in the men's foil, becoming the first competitor from an African nation to win a fencing medal, while Karam Gaber captured silver in the men's 84 kg Greco-Roman wrestling event. Two Egyptian weightlifters were awarded medals retroactively, after higher-ranked competitors were disqualified for doping: Abeer Abdelrahman took silver in the women's 75 kg event, while Tarek Yehia, received bronze in the men's 85 kg event. Among other achievements, Mostafa Mansour was the nation's first competitor in sprint canoeing while fencer Shaimaa El-Gammal became the first Egyptian female to appear in four editions of the Olympics.
Natalie Mastracci is a Canadian rower. She was part of the Canadian team at the 2012 Summer Olympics that won a silver medal in the Women's eight. She attended St. Alexander School in Pelham, Ontario and Syracuse University.
Sam Townsend is a British rower who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics.
Claudia Wurzel is an Italian rower. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's coxless pair with Sara Bertolasi, finishing in 4th place in final B.
Roel Braas is a Dutch rower. He competed in the Men's eight event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He competed in the Men's coxless pair event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Genevra Lea 'Gevvie' Stone is an Olympic American rower from Newton, Massachusetts. She is a graduate of Princeton University and Tufts University School of Medicine.
Camila Vargas Palomo is a Salvadoran rower. She competed in the single sculls race at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2008 Olympics she finished in 22nd place, while at the 2012 Summer Olympics she placed 4th in Final C and 16th overall.
Svetlana Germanovich is a Kazakhstani rower. She competed in the single sculls race at the 2012 Summer Olympics and placed 1st in Final E and 25th overall.
Dmytro Valeriyovych Mikhay is a Ukrainian rower. He won the gold medal in the quadruple sculls at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, with what is still a world's fastest time as of September 2018.
Ivan Viktorovych Dovhodko is a Ukrainian rower. He competed in the quadruple sculls at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal in the quadruple sculls at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, setting a new world's best time. He has won a gold, two silvers and a bronze in the quadruple sculls at European level.
The Burnaby Lake Rowing Club (BLRC) is a rowing club located at Burnaby Lake in the City of Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
Vincenzo Capelli is an Italian rower. He competed in the men's four at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the men's eight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.