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Rowing At The 2020 Summer Paralympics
Adaptive rowing, Rowing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, took place at the Tokyo Gate Bridge, Sea Forest Waterway, the same location as the Paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, paracanoeing events are located. There were 96 qualified slots across four events (one male, one female, two mixed events); there were two singles events (1 male, 1 female), mixed doubles and mixed fours. The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021. Qualification An National Paralympic Committee, NPC can only allocate one boat per medal event with a maximum of four male or female rowers (excluding coxswains). Medal summary Medal table Medalists See also *Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics References External linksResults book {{Paralympic Games Rowing 2020 Summer Paralympics events Rowing competitions in Japan 2021 in rowing, Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Gate Bridge
is a truss cantilever bridge across Tokyo Bay in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. It opened on 12 February 2012 with an estimated total construction cost of for the Stage II section of highway including the bridge.Official "flyer" shows Stage II including Tokyo Gate Bridge, with a budget as of November 2009 it is similar to those as Forth Bridge in UK and Quebec Bridge in Canada and Queensboro Bridge in New York City. History Part of a new four-lane highway ringing Tokyo, construction began in 2002 and was scheduled for completion in 2011, but the opening to traffic was delayed until 2012. With the provisional name of the public was asked for suggestions. From the 12,223 received, "Tokyo Gate Bridge" was chosen and officially announced on 15 November 2010. Design The design fulfils the requirement to be high enough to allow large ships to pass underneath, but low enough not to interfere with air traffic to the nearby Haneda Airport. It is a double cantilever bridge, which means that th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Horrie
Erik Horrie (born 17 October 1979) is an Australian wheelchair basketball player and a five-time world champion rower. He was a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team. Switching to rowing in 2011, he made an immediate impact in the sport, first winning the NSW State Rowing Championships and then the National Rowing Championships in Adelaide. He has won silver medals at the 2012, 2016, 2020 Summer Paralympics and gold medals at the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018 World Rowing Championships. Personal Horrie was born on 17 October 1979 in New Zealand. At the age of seven, he was made a ward of the state due to domestic violence in his home and subsequently spent most of his childhood in foster care homes. In 2001, he was in a motor vehicle accident that left him a paraplegic. , he lives in Penrith, New South Wales. In studying youth work, Horrie said "I want to help underprivileged kids because I can relate to what they may be going through. I’m not s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Fox (rower)
James Fox MBE (born 2 May 1992) is a British Paralympic rower who is a five time World champion and a Paralympic champion in the mixed coxed four Paralympic events. He started rowing when he was eleven. He started his career at the Peterborough City Rowing Club. Fox broke his back in a car accident shortly after starting university. Fox attended the University of London where he rowed for the University of London Boat Club University of London Boat Club (ULBC; boat code ULO) is the rowing club for the University of London and its member institutions, many of which also have their own boat clubs. The club has its boathouse on the Thames in Chiswick, London, UK. I ... (ULBC). References {{DEFAULTSORT:Fox, James 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Peterborough English male rowers Paralympic rowers of Great Britain Rowers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Rowers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giedrė Rakauskaitė
Giedrė Rakauskaitė (born 13 June 1991 in Kaunas) is a British Paralympic rower who is a triple World champion in the mixed coxed four. She won a gold medal in the mixed cox four at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. Rakauskaitė was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours The 2022 New Year Honours are appointments by some of the 15 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrations ... for services to rowing. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rakauskaitė, Giedrė 1991 births Living people Lithuanian emigrants to the United Kingdom British female rowers Paralympic rowers for Great Britain Rowers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in rowing Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain Members of the Order of the British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Buttrick
Ellen Frances Buttrick (born 3 August 1995) is a British Paralympic rower who competes in the mixed coxed four. Buttrick was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours The 2022 New Year Honours are appointments by some of the 15 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrations ... for services to rowing. Buttrick studied at Northumbria University for a BSc in Geography. She currently studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) where she is undertaking a MSc in Gender, Policy and Inequalities. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Buttrick, Ellen 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Peterborough British female rowers Rowers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in rowing Paralympic gold medalists for Great Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiang Jijian
Jiang Jijian is a Chinese paralympic rower. Career He participated at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically ... competition, and won a bronze medal in the mixed double sculls event with his teammate, Liu Shuang. References Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Chinese male rowers Rowers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in rowing Paralympic rowers for China Paralympic bronze medalists for China Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games 21st-century Chinese people {{PRChina-Paralympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Shuang
Liu Shuang is a Chinese pararower. Career She participated at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the rowing competition, and won a silver medal in the mixed double sculls event with her teammate, Fein Tianming. Shuang also participated at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the rowing competition, being awarded the bronze medal in the mixed double sculls event with her teammate, Jiang Jijian Jiang Jijian is a Chinese paralympic rower. Career He participated at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and gene .... References External links * Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Chinese female rowers Rowers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Rowers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corné De Koning
Marinus Corné de Koning (born 27 September 1989) is a Dutch adaptive rower who competes at international level events. He is a four time World champion and European champion in both single sculls A single scull (or a scull) is a rowing boat designed for a single person who propels the boat with two oars, one in each hand. Racing boats (often called "shells") are long, narrow, and broadly semi-circular in cross-section in order to minim ... and double sculls. He is the training partner of Annika van der Meer and Esther van der Loos. He and van der Loos narrowly missed winning a medal in the mixed double sculls. De Koning was born with one leg shorter than the other. References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Koning, Corne de 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Goes Paralympic rowers for the Netherlands Rowers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Rowers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annika Van Der Meer
Annika van der Meer (born 16 December 1985) is a Dutch adaptive rower who competes at international level events. She is also a paracyclist and was a former field hockey player. Van der Meer was involved in a serious skiing accident when she was 21 years old, she has impaired strength in the muscles and nerves of her right leg. She is a pediatric oncologist in a hospital in Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Net .... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Meer, Annika van der 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from The Hague Rowers from South Holland Paralympic rowers for the Netherlands Paralympic cyclists for the Netherlands Rowers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics 21st-century Dutch women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Rowles
Lauren Rachel Catherine Rowles, (born 24 April 1998) is a British parasport rower and former wheelchair athlete. She won gold with Laurence Whiteley in the trunk-arms mixed double sculls (TAMix2x) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.The pair repeated their achievement in Tokyo at the 2021 Summer Paralympics. Background Rowles, who is from Cofton Hackett, Bromsgrove District, attended North Bromsgrove High School. At the age of 13 she suddenly developed transverse myelitis (a condition in which the spinal cord is inflamed), which left her with no feeling below her chest. She decided to take up Paralympic sport while watching coverage of the 2012 Summer Paralympics during a stay in Stoke Mandeville Spinal Injuries Unit. Rowles completed her A-levels at King Edward VI College, Stourbridge, and is currently studying law at Oxford Brookes University. She is openly gay. Rowles is in a relationship with Jude Hamer, a wheelchair basketball player. Career Rowles competed as a wheelc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence Whiteley
Laurence Whiteley (born 29 August 1991) is a British parasport rower. He won gold with Lauren Rowles in the trunk-arms mixed double sculls (TAMix2x) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Background Whiteley, who is from Northallerton, North Yorkshire, attended Hurworth House School and Polam Hall School. He competed in triathlons as a youth and was the British Triathlon regional champion for the 13–14 age group. In 2006 at the age of 14 he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma (a form of bone cancer) below his right knee, and was given only a 30% chance of survival by doctors. He had surgery to remove the tumour, during which his knee joint and part of his fibula were removed, and further surgery to replace the joint and insert titanium rods into his leg. He also had chemotherapy over an 11-month period. He learned to walk again after a year of physiotherapy. Career After his recovery Whiteley initially competed as a swimmer, and was national junior champion at 50 m freestyle in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathalie Benoit
Nathalie Benoit (born 12 June 1980 in Aix en Provence) is a French Paralympian. She won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in Women's single sculls rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically .... References External links * 1980 births Living people French female rowers Paralympic silver medalists for France Paralympic bronze medalists for France Rowers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Rowers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics World Rowing Championships medalists for France Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite Paralympic medalists in rowing Paralympic rowers of France 21st-century French women {{France-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
