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Peter Delaney (rower)
Peter Delaney (born 9 September 1941) is a New Zealand Rowing (sport), rower. Delaney was born in 1941 in Wellington, New Zealand. He represented New Zealand at the New Zealand at the 1964 Summer Olympics, 1964 Summer Olympics. He is listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 170 by the New Zealand Olympic Committee. References 1941 births Living people New Zealand male rowers Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers of New Zealand {{NewZealand-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Rowing Federation
World Rowing, also known as the World Rowing Federation (former abbreviation FISA; french: Fédération internationale des sociétés d'aviron), is the international governing body for rowing. Its current president is Jean-Christophe Rolland who succeeded Denis Oswald at a ceremony held in Lucerne in July 2014. The World Rowing Cup, World Rowing Championships, and other such competitions are overseen by this organization. History General It was founded by rowing representatives from France, Switzerland, Belgium, Adriatica, and Italy on 25 June 1892 in Turin in response to the growing popularity of the sport of rowing, and the consequent need for uniformity of regulations over such matters as race lengths, boat composition, and weight classes. Also, at the time, betting on rowing was very popular, and the rowers or coaches were themselves often taking bets. Amateur status, whilst widespread in England and elsewhere, was unknown in the sport in many nations, a state of affairs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |