Svetlana Germanovich (born 21 September 1986, in Temirtau [1] ) is a Kazakhstani rower. [2] She competed in the single sculls race at the 2012 Summer Olympics and placed 1st in Final E and 25th overall. [3]
Dame Katherine Jane Grainger is a Scottish former rower and current Chair of UK Sport. She is a 2012 Summer Olympics gold medallist, four-time Olympic silver medallist and six-time World Champion for Great Britain. She served as Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University between 2015 and 2020 and is currently Chancellor of the University of Glasgow.
The Soviet Union (USSR) competed, for the last time before its dissolution, at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. 481 competitors, 319 men and 162 women, took part in 221 events in 27 sports. Athletes from 12 of the ex-Soviet republics would compete as the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics, and each nation would field independent teams in subsequent Games.
Jack Beresford, CBE, born Jack Beresford-Wiszniewski, was a British rower who won five medals at five Olympic Games in succession. This record in Olympic rowing was not matched until 2000 when Sir Steve Redgrave won his sixth Olympic medal at his fifth Olympic Games.
Chris Morgan is an Australian former representative rower. He was a national champion, two-time world champion, three time Olympian and Olympic medal winner from Adelaide, South Australia. He won world championships in both sculls and in sweep-oared boat classes.
Iran competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The nation has competed at every Summer Olympic games since its official debut in 1948 with the exception of the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics. The National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran sent the nation's second-largest delegation to the Games, one less than it sent to Beijing. A total of 53 athletes, 45 men and 8 women, competed in 14 sports. This was also the youngest delegation in Iran's Olympic history, with half the team under the age of 25, and many of them are expected to reach their peak in time for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Heavyweight boxer Ali Mazaheri was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
The rowing competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were held from 28 July to 4 August 2012, at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, was officially termed Eton Dorney. Fourteen medal events were contested by 550 athletes, 353 men and 197 women.
Niger competedwith six athletes in five sports at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, held from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's eleventh appearance at the Olympics, having competed at every Summer Olympics since 1964 with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the African and the United States boycotts.
Katherine Sarah Copeland MBE is a retired British Olympic Gold Medal winning rower.
Phuttharaksa "Pat" Neegree is a Thai rower. She competed in the single sculls race at the 2012 Summer Olympics and placed 5th in Final C and 17th overall.
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.
Gabriela Mosqueira Benítez is a Paraguayan rower. She competed in the single sculls race at the 2012 Summer Olympics and placed 2nd in Final D and 20th overall. She competed in the same event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing in 1st in the D Final, 19th overall.
Yariulvis Cobas is a Cuban female rower who has represented her country in international competitions. She competed in the single sculls race at the 2012 Summer Olympics and placed 3rd in Final C and 15th overall.
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.
Lucia Palermo is an Argentine rower. At the 2004 Olympics, she competed in the women's lightweight sculls with Milka Kraljev, finishing in 17th place. She competed in the single sculls race at the 2012 Summer Olympics and placed 3rd in Final D and 21st overall.
Kim Ye-Ji is a South Korean rower. She competed in the single sculls race at the 2012 Summer Olympics and placed 1st in Final D and 19th overall. She also competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Débora Oakley González is a Mexican rower. She competed in the single sculls race at the 2012 Summer Olympics and placed 4th in Final D and 22nd overall.
Soulmaz Abbasi Azad is an Iranian rower. She competed in the single sculls race at the 2012 Summer Olympics and placed 6th in Final D and 24th overall.
Racha Soula is a Tunisian rower. She competed in the single sculls race at the 2012 Summer Olympics and placed 3rd in Final E and 27th overall.
Michał Słoma is a Polish rower. He won a silver medal, as a member of Polish rowing team, in the men's quadruple sculls (5:55.09) at the 2009 European Rowing Championships in Brest, Belarus, and later represented Poland at his first Olympics in London. Sloma also trained for AZS UMK Energa in Toruń under his personal coaches Alex Wojciechowski, Jaroslaw Janowski, Mariusz Szumanski, and Witold Sroga.
Sara Ashraf Mohamed Mohamed Baraka is an Egyptian Olympic rower. She represented Egypt in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She and teammate Ingy Hassamel Din qualified to compete in the women's lightweight double sculls by winning the event at the African Olympic Qualifier.