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Emma Twigg is a New Zealand rower who was the first woman from her country to win the single sculls event at the Olympics (in sculling, the athlete uses two oars—one in each hand—to propel a long, narrow...

Hamish Bond is a New Zealand rower who won gold medals in three consecutive Summer Olympic Games—in 2012, 2016, and 2020. Bond began rowing in school, when he was 13 years old. He later attended Massey...

Steven Redgrave is an English rower, who was the first in his sport to win gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games. He is revered in his sport for his intensity and strategic brilliance. Redgrave...

Jack Beresford was an English rower who accumulated an outstanding record in the Olympics and at the Henley Royal Regatta. During World War I, Beresford was wounded in France in 1918. He then returned...

Pertti Karppinen is a Finnish sculler who won gold medals in three consecutive Olympic single sculls events (1976, 1980, 1984). His Olympic success, coupled with world championships in 1979 and 1985, tied...

Vyacheslav Ivanov was a Soviet rower who became the first three-time Olympic gold medalist in the single scull event. At the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Ivanov was in second place with 200 meters remaining...

Hiram Boardman Conibear was an American trainer and rowing coach at the University of Washington (1907–17). He developed a distinctive style known as the American stroke (also called the Washington stroke...

Stephen Fairbairn was a British oarsman, coach, and writer who enjoyed great success at Cambridge University. After attending Wesley College in Australia, Fairbairn continued his education and first achieved...

Hamish Hamilton was a British publisher who published works by some of the most renowned authors in Britain, the United States, and France. Hamilton studied modern languages and law at Caius College, Cambridge,...

John B. Kelly was an American oarsman who won 126 consecutive races in single sculls in 1919 and 1920, a record that included a gold medal at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp. Kelly also won the double...