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McVilly-Pearce Pin
List of Australia's national representative rowers is a list of rowers who have represented Australia at the senior level at either World Rowing Championships, Olympic Games, Olympic or Paralympic Games or a Commonwealth Games. The list does not include rowers who have only represented at the junior or U23 level or only at a Trans-Tasman series or World Rowing Cups. In October 2015 Rowing Australia launched the McVilly-Pearce pin, named after Cecil McVilly, Australia's first Olympic rowing representative and Bobby Pearce (rower), Bobby Pearce, the first Australian rower to win an Olympic gold. Every Australian senior level representative rower is to receive a specially numbered pin to commemorate the first time they were honoured with Australian selection for an international championship regatta. Accordingly, the McVilly-Pearce pin number series is a chronological sequence of the rowers who have represented Australia at the senior level. References {{reflist Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Rowing Championships
The World Rowing Championships is an international rowing regatta organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation). It is a week-long event held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer and in non-Olympic years is the highlight of the international rowing calendar. History The first event was held in Lucerne, Switzerland, in 1962. The event then was held every four years until 1974, when it became an annual competition. Also in 1974, Men's lightweight and Women's open weight events were added to the championships. Initially, Men's events were 2000 metres long and Women's events 1000 metres. At the 1984 World Championships in Montreal, Canada, Women's lightweight demonstration events were raced over a 2000-metre course for the first time. In 1985, Women's lightweight events were officially added to the schedule and all Men's and Women's events were contested over a 2000-metre course. Since 1996, during (Summer) Olympic years, the World Rowing Junior Championships are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
