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Rowing At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's Eight
The women's eight competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the Sydney International Regatta Centre. Competition format This rowing (sport), rowing event consisted of seven teams, split into two heats. Each team fielded a boat crewed by eight rowers and a coxswain. Each rower used a single oar, with four oars on each side of the boat. The winner of each heat qualified for the final (or medal) round. The remaining six teams competed in the repechage round, with the top four from that round qualifying for the "Final A" round. The last team in the repechage is eliminated from the competition. The final ranking for this event was based on the order of finish. The top three teams earned Olympic medals for placing first, second, and third, while the remaining "Final A" teams placed fourth through sixth, according to their final finish. Schedule All times are Time in Australia, Australian Time (UTC+10:00, UTC+10) Results Heats The winner of each he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney International Regatta Centre
The Sydney International Regatta Centre (SIRC), located in Penrith, New South Wales, Penrith, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, is a Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics, rowing and Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics, canoe sprint venue built for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, 2000 Summer Olympics. It is now a popular sporting venue, with the Head of the River (Australia), Head of the River Regatta held annually. Description The Sydney International Regatta Centre (SIRC) is a 196-hectare outdoor sport and entertainment facility, for both on and off the water activities.Penrith Lakes. (2015). History of the Penrith Lakes Scheme. Sydney, Australia. 1–2. Retrieved from http://admin.penrithlakes.com.au/content/2015/03/HISTORY-OF-THE-PENRITH-LAKES-SCHEME_MARCH-2015.pdf SIRC was built as part of the larger Penrith Lakes Scheme consisting of 2000 hectares of former quarrying land, redesigned to accommodate 6 major lakesincluding the Sydney International Regatta Centre. Its construct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anneke Venema
Anneke Venema (born 19 January 1971) is a retired rower from the Netherlands. She won a silver medal in the women's eight with coxswain in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, Venema and Elien Meijer Elsiena Janneke Meijer (born 25 January 1970) is a retired rower from the Netherlands. Meijer was born in 1970 in Den Helder, Netherlands. At the 1994 World Rowing Championships in Indianapolis, United States, she won a gold medal with the wome ... finished 8th in the women's coxless pair. References *Dutch Olympic Committee 1971 births Living people Dutch female rowers Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for the Netherlands Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Veendam Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics 21st-century Dutch sportswomen 20th-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-rowing-bio-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It marked the second time the Summer Olympics were held in Australia, and in the Southern Hemisphere, the first being in Melbourne, in 1956 Summer Olympics, 1956. Teams from 199 countries participated in the 2000 Games, which were the first to feature at least 300 events in its official sports program. The Games were estimated to have cost Australian dollar, A$6.6 billion. These were the final Olympic Games under the International Olympic Committee, IOC presidency of Juan Antonio Samaranch before the arrival of his successor Jacques Rogge. The final medal tally at the 2000 Summer Olympics was led by the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics, United States, followed by Russia at the 2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowing At The 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's Eight
These are the results of the Women's eight competition, one of six events for female competitors in rowing (sport), Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Women's eight Heats – 15 August Heat 1 #: Kate Johnson (rower), Kate Johnson, Samantha Magee, Megan Dirkmaat, Alison Cox, Caryn Davies, Laurel Korholz, Anna Mickelson, Lianne Nelson, Mary Whipple (coxswain) 5:56.55 , List of world best times in rowing, WB -> Final A #: Rodica Florea, Viorica Susanu, Aurica Bărăscu, Ioana Papuc, Liliana Gafencu, Elisabeta Lipă, Georgeta Damian, Doina Ignat, Elena Georgescu (coxswain) 5:56.77 -> Repechage # Elke Hipler, Britta Holthaus, Maja Tucholke, Anja Pyritz, Susanne Schmidt, Nicole Zimmermann, Silke Günther, Lenka Wech, Annina Ruppel (coxswain) 5:59.75 -> Repechage #: Sarah Outhwaite, Jodi Winter, Catriona Oliver, Monique Heinke, Julia Wilson, Sally Robbins, Vicky Roberts, Kyeema Doyle, Katie Foulkes (coxswain) 6:02.77 -> Repechage Heat 2 #: Froukje Wegman, Marlies Smulders, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowing At The 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's Eight
The women's eight competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ... took place at Lake Lanier. Competition format The competition consisted of two main rounds (heats and finals) as well as a repechage. The 8 boats were divided into two heats for the first round, with 4 boats in each heat. The first-place boat in each heat (2 boats total) advanced directly to the "A" final. The remaining 6 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured a single heat. The top 4 boats in the repechage advanced to the "A" final, while the remaining 2 boats (5th and 6th placers in the repechage) were sent to the "B" final. The boats in the "A" final competed for medals and 4th through 6th place; the boats in the "B" final comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorota Urbaniak
Dorota Urbaniak (born 6 May 1972 in Łask, Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...) is a Canadian rower. References * * 1972 births Living people Canadian female rowers People from Łask Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic rowers for Canada Polish emigrants to Canada Olympic medalists in rowing World Rowing Championships medalists for Canada Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Łódź Voivodeship 20th-century Canadian sportswomen {{Canada-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley Thompson
Lesley Allison Thompson-Willie (born September 20, 1959) is a Canadian rowing coxswain and Olympic champion. Between 1984 and 2016, she has competed at eight Olympic Games, a record for a rower, winning medals in five of them including gold in the eight at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Career At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Thompson competed in the Women's Coxed Four event; the Canadian team won a silver medal behind gold winner Romania. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul the Canadian team qualified for the B final in the coxed four, and placed 7th. At the 1991 World Championships in Austria she won a gold medal in the eight with the Canadian team. Next year, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona she competed in the eight, winning a gold medal for Canada. In 1996 in Atlanta she won a silver medal in the eight. At the 1998 World Championships in France she placed second in the eight. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney she won a bronze medal in the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Robinson (rower)
Emma Robinson (born November 26, 1971, in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian rower. Robinson won two medals (silver and bronze) at the Summer Olympics as part of the women's eight rowing teams for Canada in 1996 in Atlanta and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Robinson is also a three time world champion in the women's coxless pairs, when she won gold from 1997 to 1999, she has an additional silver medal, and three bronze, for a total of seven World Rowing Championships medals. She was named the Pairs Team of the Year at the National Sports Awards, winning in 1997 with Alison Korn and in 1999 with Theresa Luke. Career Robinson won her first World Rowing Championship medal in 1993 as part of the women's coxless four that won bronze for Canada. Competing in the 1996 Summer Olympics, she rowed with Anna Van der Kamp in the coxless pairs but would finish fifth in the final. Robinson would win a silver though as part of the women's eight at those Olympics. At the next three Rowing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather McDermid
Heather McDermid (born 17 October 1968 in Calgary) is a Canadian rower and former middle-distance runner. Before her rowing career, McDermid was an accomplished 800 metres runner for the Rice Owls track and field team. She led off their All-American 4 × 800 metres relay team at the 1989 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships The 1989 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships were contested at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's NCAA collegiate indoor track and field events in .... References * * 1968 births Living people Canadian female rowers Rowers from Calgary Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Canada Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic rowers for Canada Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics World Rowing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theresa Luke
Theresa Anne Luke (born February 20, 1967, in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a retired Canadian rower. She rowed in the Women's eights in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. She won silver and bronze, respectively. After she retired, she became a teacher in Victoria, BC Victoria is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Gre .... References External links * * * * 1967 births Canadian female rowers Living people Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic medalists in rowing Olympic rowers for Canada Olympic silver medalists for Canada Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Rowers from Vancouver World Rowing Championships medalists for Canada Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Pan American Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Korn
Alison Korn (born 22 November 1970 in Ottawa, Ontario) was a Canadian rower and Olympian. Early life Korn was raised in Nepean, Ontario. She attended Bells Corners Public School, D.A. Moodie Intermediate School and Bell High School Korn was a member of Girl Guides of Canada as a child and attended Girl Guides Ontario'Camp Woolsey Career Korn started rowing when she was 21. As a member of the Canadian national rowing team, she won silver and bronze medals at the 1996 and 2000 summer Olympics, respectively. She also has five world championship medals, including back-to-back golds in 1997 and 1998. Korn retired from the sport in 2000. Korn has continued her involvement in Girl Guides of Canada as an adult volunteer. Polar Trek Korn was a member of an all-women's ski trek to the North Pole in 2001, which she chronicled for the Ottawa Citizen. Education Korn studied political science at McGill University, and earned her Masters in Journalism from Carleton University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Davis
Heather Davis (born 26 February 1974 in Vancouver Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the cit ...) is a Canadian rower. References * * Living people Canadian female rowers Rowers from Vancouver Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic rowers for Canada Olympic medalists in rowing 1974 births World Rowing Championships medalists for Canada Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics 20th-century Canadian sportswomen 21st-century Canadian sportswomen {{Canada-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
