Jüri Jaanson is the most successful Estonian rower of all time and the winner of five medals at World Rowing Championships.
Judith Ungemach is a German-Australian world champion rower and Olympic gold and bronze medalist.
Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul featured 14 events in total, for men and women, held on the Han River Regatta Course.
Agostino Abbagnale is an Italian rower and triple Olympic gold medalist. He is the younger brother of multiple Olympic medalists Carmine Abbagnale and Giuseppe Abbagnale.
Alf John Hansen is a retired rower from Norway. Early in his career, he received two Norwegian sport awards shared with his brother Frank. Towards the end of his career in 1990, he was the inaugural recipient of the Thomas Keller Medal, the highest honour in rowing. His international rowing career spanned more than two decades.
Britta Oppelt is a German Olympic-medal winning sculler.
Davide Tizzano is a retired rower from Italy and a double Olympic gold medalist. He won his first gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, in the quadruple scull. Eight years later he formed a team with Agostino Abbagnale, with whom he triumphed in the men's double scull event.
Lars Bjønness is a former Norwegian competition rower and Olympic medalist.
Rolf Bernt Thorsen is a Norwegian former competition rower, world champion and Olympic medalist. He is a recipient of the Morgenbladet Gold Medal and the Thomas Keller Medal. Outside sports, he has assumed various leading administrative positions in the construction business.
Vetle Vinje is a Norwegian competition rower and Olympic medalist.
Gianluca Farina is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion.
Alessio Sartori is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion.
Rossano Galtarossa is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion.
Jutta Behrendt is a German competition rower, world champion and Olympic champion.
Anne Marden is a rower from the United States. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
Robert Mills is a Canadian champion rower.
Martin Sinković is a Croatian rower. He is the younger brother of fellow rower Valent Sinković, with whom he has won three Olympic gold medals. The brothers are the most decorated Croatian Summer Olympians in history, and won the gold medal in the double sculls at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the coxless pair at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the coxless pair at the 2024 Summer Olympics, and the silver medal in the quadruple sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics together with David Šain and Damir Martin. Sinković is a six-time world champion, twice in quadruple sculls, double sculls and coxless pair each, and seven-time European champion, with four titles in double sculls and three titles in coxless pair. He is also a two-time U23 world champion in quadruple sculls with his brother, Šain and Martin.
Valent Sinković is a Croatian rower. He is the older brother of fellow rower Martin Sinković, with whom he has won three Olympic gold medals. The brothers are the most decorated Croatian Summer Olympians in history and won the gold medal in the double sculls at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the coxless pair at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the coxless pair at the 2024 Summer Olympics, and the silver medal in the quadruple sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics together with David Šain and Damir Martin. Sinković is a six-time world champion, twice in quadruple sculls, double sculls and coxless pair each, and seven-time European champion, with four titles in double sculls and three titles in coxless pair. He is also a two-time U23 world champion in quadruple sculls with his brother, Šain and Martin.
Yana Mykhailivna Dementieva is a Ukrainian rower. At the 2012 Summer Olympics Dementyeva won the gold medal in the quadruple sculls event with Kateryna Tarasenko, Anastasiya Kozhenkova and Nataliya Dovhodko. She is also a World and European champion in the quadruple sculls, as well as being a European champion in the double sculls.
