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1993 Račice | W4x |
Ruth Davidon Rodgers (born March 20, 1964 in New York City) is an American rower and medical doctor. As Ruth Davidon, she finished 6th in the single sculls at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 4th in the double sculls at the 2000 Summer Olympics. A San Francisco-area anaesthesiologist who practices under the name Ruth A. Rodgers, M.D., her parents were essayist Ann Morrissett and physicist William C. Davidon, noted peace and justice activists.
Robert Norman Waddell is a New Zealand Olympic Gold Medalist and double World Champion Single sculler rower, and America's Cup yachtsman. He is a triple New Zealand Supreme 'Halberg Awards' Sportsperson of the year winner, 1998 to 2000. He holds the third fastest 2000 metre indoor rowing machine time in the world, clocking a time of 5 mins 36.6 secs (5:36.6), which was the previous world record for 19 years before the time was improved by Joshua Dunkley-Smith. He also held the record for 5000m on the rowing machine with a time of 14min 58sec. This made him the first person to go below 15 min for this distance. He holds a black belt in judo. He played rugby union for Waikato. Waddell was Chef de Mission of the 2014 and 2018 New Zealand Commonwealth Games teams, and the 2016 and 2022 Summer Olympics.
Iztok Čop is a Slovenian rower and Olympic gold medalist.
Kathrin Boron is a German sculler, and four-time Olympic gold medallist. She's an athlete of the SV Dynamo / SG Dynamo Potsdam.
New Zealand competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The New Zealand Olympic Committee was represented by 134 athletes and 70 officials. 134 competitors, 92 men and 42 women, took part in 87 events in 17 sports. Ralph Roberts was the team's Chef de Mission.
New Zealand competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. The New Zealand Olympic Committee was represented by 97 athletes and 60 officials. Former Olympic swimmer Dave Gerrard was the team's chef de mission.
Luka Špik is a Slovenian rower and Olympic gold medalist.
Derek Nesbitt-Porter is a gold medal-winning Olympic rower from Canada.
Annabel Morwenna Vernon is a retired British rower.
Constanța Burcică is a Romanian Olympic rower. She won the first three instances of the women's lightweight double scull at the Olympic regatta, in 1996, 2000 and 2004.
Czechoslovakia competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 99 competitors, 86 men and 13 women, took part in 70 events in 11 sports.
Zhang Liang is a male Chinese rower who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Michelle Denise Darvill is a retired rower. Born in Toronto, she first competed for Canada, but later change allegiance to Germany. She was world champion in three different lightweight boat classes, once for Canada and twice for Germany, and represented Germany at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Since 2009, she has been coaching the Canadian under 23 women's team.
Storm Uru is a New Zealand rower. He is from Ngāi Tahu tribe.
Stephan Krüger is a German rower.
Brenda Catherine Lawson is a New Zealand rower. She was twice world champion in women's double sculls with Philippa Baker, and they were both inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.
Jonathan Koch is a German lightweight rower.
Carol Skricki is an American rower. Along with Ruth Davidon she finished 4th in the women's double sculls at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Alexandra Tsiavou is a Greek rower. She won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and she took the 6th place at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
William Cooper Davidon was an American professor of physics and mathematics, and a peace activist. As the mastermind of the March 8, 1971, FBI office break-in, in Media, Pennsylvania, Davidon was the informal leader of the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI. The Media break-in resulted in the disclosure of COINTELPRO, which in turn led to subsequent investigations and reforms of the FBI.