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Rowing At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's Double Sculls
The women's double sculls competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 6–11 August at the Lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas. The medals for the competition were presented by Nenad Lalović, Serbia, member of the International Olympic Committee, and the gifts were presented by Lenka Dientsbach-Wech, Germany, Member of the Executive Committee of the 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 .... Results Heats First three of each heat qualify to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage. Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Repechage First three of heat qualify to the semifinals. Heat 1 Semifinals First three of each heat qualify to the Final A, remainder goes to the Final B. Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2 Final Final B Final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodrigo De Freitas Lagoon
Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon (Portuguese: ''Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas'') is a lagoon in the district of Lagoa, Rio de Janeiro, Lagoa in the Zona Sul (South Zone) area of Rio de Janeiro. The lagoon is connected to the Atlantic Ocean, allowing sea water to enter by a canal along the edge of a park locally known as Jardim de Alah. Islands *Piraquê Island on the western edge houses thDepartamento Esportivo do Clube Naval(Sport Department of the Naval Club). *Caiçaras Island on the southern edge houses the Caiçaras Club (:pt:Clube dos Caiçaras, pt), where water skiers tested for the 2007 Pan American Games. History Although it receives its waters from diverse river Tributary, tributaries from the surrounding hillsides, among those that stand out is the river Rio dos Macacos (today channelized), which introduces contaminated water. The water of the lagoon comes from the damming of an opening to the sea caused by successive build-ups of earth. This separates it from the Atlantic Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Kehoe
Sally Kehoe (born 25 September 1986) is an Australian former representative rower who was a national champion, three-time Olympian and a representative at multiple world championships. Since 2014 she has held the world-record time in the women's double scull over 2000m. Personal Kehoe was born on 25 September 1986 in Toowoomba, Queensland. She went to school at Toowoomba Preparatory School before attending high school at St Margaret's Anglican Girls' School in Queensland and going on to study for a Bachelor of Business in Economics from the University of New England from 2006 to 2011. , she lived in Toowoomba, Queensland. Kehoe is tall and competed at . Club and national career Kehoe rowed from the Sydney University Women's Rowing Club, competed in single sculls, double sculls, quad sculls and eight events and raced for Queensland at the national level. At the Australian Rowing Championships in 2005, 2009, 2011 & 2013 she won the Nell Slater Trophy in the Interstate Wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoe Stevenson
Zoe Stevenson (born 19 June 1991) is a New Zealand rower. She won gold in the women's double sculls with Fiona Bourke at the 2014 World Rowing Championships. Stevenson was born in 1991. She obtained her secondary education at Tauranga Girls' College, and then obtained a Bachelor of Science (BSc) from the University of Waikato. As of 2017 she is a stay at home mother to son 'Ted'. Stevenson took up rowing in 2007. She first competed internationally at the 2009 World Rowing Junior Championships in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France, where she won silver with the junior women's eight. At regattas in Varese (Italy) and Lucerne (Switzerland) in 2015, she competed in the double sculls with Eve MacFarlane, winning gold in both finals. The pair went to the 2015 World Rowing Championships held at Lac d'Aiguebelette in Aiguebelette, France, and again won gold. Stevenson and MacFarlane qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics, but were beaten in the semi-finals by the US by 5/100 into fourth place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eve MacFarlane
Eve Macfarlane (born 27 September 1992) is a New Zealand rower. Described as a "natural rower", she went to the 2009 World Rowing Junior Championships within a few months of having taken up rowing and won a silver medal. She represented New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London as the country's youngest Olympian at those games. She was the 2015 world champion in the women's double sculls with Zoe Stevenson. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, they came fourth in the semi-finals and thus missed the A final. Junior rowing Macfarlane was born in 1992 and grew up in Parnassus, just north of Cheviot. She was educated at Rangi Ruru Girls' School in Christchurch where she was into many sports, including "netball, basketball, athletics, volleyball, touch, cross-country running". She excelled at any sport she tried and Rex Farrelly, Rangi Ruru's long-term rowing coach, asked her if she wanted to try rowing, which she started in 2009. Farrelly says that "there's very few natural rower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Tomek
Ellen Tomek (born May 1, 1984, in Flint, Michigan) is an American rower. Along with Megan Kalmoe she finished 5th in the women's double sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na .... She has qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She is openly lesbian. References * * 1984 births Living people American female rowers Olympic rowers for the United States Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Flint, Michigan World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States American LGBT sportspeople 21st-century American women {{US-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meghan O'Leary
Meghan O'Leary (born August 24, 1984 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American Olympic rower. Having represented the United States twice at Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games, and at Tokyo 2020, O'Leary is a three-time World Cup medalist. She currently serves on the USRowing Board of Directors. She attended the University of Virginia as a Jefferson Scholar, where she played volleyball and softball. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's double sculls. She has qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the .... References 1984 births Living people American female rowers Olympic rowers for the United States Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsiana Kukhta
Tatsiana Kukhta (born 13 June 1990) is a Belarusian rower. She competed in the women's double sculls event at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 .... References External links * 1990 births Living people Belarusian female rowers Olympic rowers for Belarus Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{Belarus-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuliya Bichyk
Yuliya Bichyk ( be, Юлія Бічык; russian: Юлия Бичик, Yuliya Bichik; born 1 April 1983) is a Belarusian rower. Partnering with Natallia Helakh, she won an Olympics bronze medal in the coxless pairs in both 2004 and 2008, and finished in fourth place in the eights in 2000. References External links * Living people Belarusian female rowers Olympic bronze medalists for Belarus Olympic rowers for Belarus Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics 1983 births Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Belarus Sportspeople from Minsk European Rowing Championships medalists {{Belarus-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhu Weiwei
Zhu Weiwei (born 22 May 1990) is a Chinese rower. She was born in Changzhou. She competed in double sculls A double scull is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two persons who propel the boat by sculling with two oars each, one in each hand. Racing boats (often called "shells") are long, narrow, and broadly ... together with Wang Min at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where they placed fourth. References External links * 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Changzhou Chinese female rowers Olympic rowers of China Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Jiangsu {{PRChina-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lü Yang
Lü Yang (; born 26 November 1993) is a Chinese rower. She competed in the women's double sculls event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. On 28 July 2021, she and three teammates won the gold medal in women's quadruple sculls at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ... in Tokyo with 6:05.13, setting the new WB. It was the second time that China won the Olympic gold medal in the event. References External links * 1993 births Living people Chinese female rowers Olympic rowers for China Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics People from Luohe Asian Games medalists in rowing Rowers at the 2014 Asian Games Rowers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Hollensen
Nina Hollensen (born 24 April 1992) is a Danish rower. She competed in the women's double sculls event at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 .... References External links * 1992 births Living people Danish female rowers Olympic rowers for Denmark Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{Denmark-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
