Rowing biography
Rowing biography
Rowing biography summary.
Rowing (sport)
Sport where individuals or teams row boats by oar
This article is about the sport. For oar powered propulsion in general, see Rowing.
"Rower" redirects here.
For other uses, see Rower (disambiguation).
An eight (top) and single sculls (bottom) | |
| Highest governing body | World Rowing Federation |
|---|---|
| First modern-day competition | 1715 [a] |
| Contact | No |
| Team members | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 9 (depending on boat class and whether there is a coxswain) |
| Mixed-sex | Separate competitions |
| Type | Water sport, outdoor |
| Equipment | Racing shell, oars |
| Venue | River, artificial lake, canal, ocean |
| Glossary | Glossary of rowing terms |
| Olympic | since 1900 (men only); since 1976 (both men and women) |
| Paralympic | since 2008 |
| World Games | Indoor: 2017 |
Rowing, often called crewin the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars.
It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while pad