Kapka Georgieva
Kapka Georgieva (later ''Panayotova'', bg, Капка Георгиева, later Панайотова, born 30 September 1951) is a Bulgarian rower who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. In 1976 she was the coxswain of the Bulgarian boat which won the silver medal in the coxed fours event. External links profile 1951 births Living people Bulgarian female rowers Coxswains (rowing) Olympic rowers for Bulgaria Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Bulgaria Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics {{Bulgaria-rowing-bio-stub ...
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Rowing At The Summer Olympics
Rowing at the Summer Olympics has been part of the competition since its debut in the 1900 Summer Olympics. Rowing was on the program at the 1896 Summer Olympics but was cancelled due to bad weather. Only men were allowed to compete until the women's events were introduced at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal which gave national federations the incentive to support women's events and catalysed growth in women's rowing. Lightweight rowing events (which have weight-limited crews) were introduced to the games in 1996. Qualifying for the rowing events is under the jurisdiction of the World Rowing Federation. World Rowing predates the modern Olympics and was the first international sport federation to join the modern Olympic movement. Summary Events At the 2016 and other recent Olympics, the following 14 events were contested: *Men: Single sculls, Double sculls, Quadruple sculls, Coxless pair, Coxless four, Eight. *Lightweight Men: Double sculls, Coxless four *Women: Sing ...
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