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Rowing At The 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's Coxless Pair
The women's coxless pair competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ... took place at took place at Lake Casitas, California, United States. With only 6 boats in the competition, a single race was held. Results The final was held on 4 August, with calm winds and 18 °C temperatures. At the halfway mark, the Romanian boat had opened a 2.6 second lead, which stretched to 3.5 seconds by the end. The Canadians and West Germans were relatively close for second and third halfway through, but the Canadians pulled away to take the silver medal relatively easily. The Dutch, American, and British boats were well behind the leaders; the Americans had a slight lead over the Dutch for 4th, but the Dutch team overtook them in the second half. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodica Arba
Rodica Arba (née Puşcatu; born 5 May 1962) is a retired Romanian rower. She competed at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympics and won two gold, one silver, and one bronze medal. At the world championships she won four gold, one silver and two bronze medals between 1981 and 1987, mostly in coxless pairs. Arba was born in 1962 in Petricani, Neamț County, Romania. She cites Sanda Toma as her rowing inspiration. She went to the 1980 Summer Olympics as a member of the Romanian women's eight, and won a bronze medal with the team. In the 1981 season, she competed in the coxless pair with team member Elena Horvat, and they won bronze at the 1981 World Rowing Championships at Oberschleißheim near Munich, Germany. At the 1982 World Rowing Championships, she was a member of the women's coxed four team that won a bronze medal. At the 1983 World Rowing Championships, Horvat and Arba won silver in the women's pair. The same crew won gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She gaine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Casitas
Lake Casitas is a reservoir in Ventura County, California, built by the United States Bureau of Reclamation and completed in 1959. The project provides drinking water and water for irrigation. A secondary benefit is flood control. It was the venue for canoeing and rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Casitas Dam was constructed on Coyote Creek, two miles (3 km) before it joins the Ventura River. Santa Ana Creek and North Fork Coyote Creek also flow into the lake. The system was designed for water from the Ventura River to be diverted into a canal under specific conditions since the impounded watershed is not sufficient to fill the lake. The dam is creating a lake capacity of . The dam was built as part of the Ventura River Project. History The lake filled for the first time around the 1970s. The spillway was first used in 1978. As of 2024, it has operated eight times. During the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Lake Casitas hosted the canoeing and rowing events. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Panter
Katerine Ruth Panter (born 3 May 1962) is a former British rower. She competed in the women's coxless pair event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Rowing career As a teenager Panter joined the Weybridge Ladies ARC before Dan Topolski brought her into the British training squad along with teammates Jane Cross, Belinda Holmes and Joanna Toch in 1979. She was part of the eight that won the national title, rowing for an A.R.A Composite, at the 1982 National Rowing Championships. She competed at the 1983 World Rowing Championships before being selected to represent Great Britain at the 1984 Olympic Games, where she was part of the women's coxless pair with Ruth Howe. The pair finished in sixth place. Medical career She went to Downing College, Cambridge Downing College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge and currently has around 950 students. Founded in 1800, it was the only college to be added to the university between 1596 and 1869, and is often describe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Howe
Ruth Howe (born 14 May 1959) is a British rower. She competed in the women's coxless pair event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. She was part of the coxless pairs with Jackie Prout that won the national title rowing for a Lea Rowing Club and Sons of the Thames Sons of the Thames is a rowing club in Hammersmith, London, England. It was formed in Putney in 1886 with the aim, still enshrined in its constitution, to further the sport of rowing. History Originally a tradesmen's club, thus open to those in ... composite at the 1986 National Championships. She was a member of the eight that won the national title rowing for a A.R.A squad at the 1987 National Championships. References External links * 1959 births Living people British female rowers Olympic rowers for Great Britain Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Tavistock {{UK-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chari Towne
Chari Towne (born July 26, 1960) is an American rower. She competed in the women's coxless pair event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the .... References External links * 1960 births Living people American female rowers Olympic rowers for the United States Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics People from Wild Rose, Wisconsin 20th-century American sportswomen {{US-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Kirch
Barbara Kirch (born May 2, 1960, in Abington, Pennsylvania) an American Olympic rower who competed in both the 1984 and 1988 Olympic coxless pair contests. In the 1988 Olympics, she competed with Mara Keggi Mara Keggi (, born October 7, 1962) is an American rower of Latvian descent. She competed in the women's coxless pair event at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officia .... Kirch graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1984 with a B.A. Degree. After the Olympics, she eventually became the head rowing coach for the Penn Women's Rowing Team. Later, she joined the Peddie Crew team as the Head Woman's Coach. References External links * * * 1960 births Living people American female rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States Olympic rowers for the United States Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Abingto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriet Van Ettekoven
Harriet van Ettekoven (born 6 January 1961 in Zandvoort, North Holland) is a former international rower from the Netherlands, who won the bronze medal in the Women's Eights at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, alongside Marieke van Drogenbroek, Lynda Cornet, Greet Hellemans, Nicolette Hellemans, Martha Laurijsen, Catharina Neelissen, Anne Quist, and Wiljon Vaandrager. She also competed in the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 .... References Dutch Olympic Committee 1961 births Living people Sportspeople from Zandvoort Dutch female rowers Olympic rowers for the Netherlands Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynda Cornet
Lynda Ann Cornet (born 26 January 1962 in Leiden, South Holland) is a former international rower from the Netherlands, who won the bronze medal in the Women's Eights at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, alongside Marieke van Drogenbroek, Harriet van Ettekoven, Greet Hellemans, Nicolette Hellemans, Martha Laurijsen, Catharina Neelissen, Anne Quist, and Wiljon Vaandrager Willemien Jonetta "Wiljon" Vaandrager (born 27 August 1957 in Brummen, Gelderland) is a former international rower from the Netherlands, who won the bronze medal in the Women's Eights at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, along .... References Dutch Olympic Committee 1962 births Living people Dutch female rowers Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in rowing Olympic rowers for the Netherlands Rowers from Leiden Rowers from South Holland Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the second time that Los Angeles had hosted the Games, the first being in 1932 Summer Olympics, 1932. This was the first of two consecutive Olympic Games to be held in North America, with Calgary, Alberta, Canada, hosting the 1988 Winter Olympics. California was the home state of the incumbent President of the United States, U.S. president Ronald Reagan, who officially opened the Games. These were the first Summer Olympic Games under the President of the International Olympic Committee, IOC presidency of Juan Antonio Samaranch. The 1984 Summer Olympics boycott, 1984 Games were boycotted by fourteen Eastern Bloc countries, including the Soviet Union and East Germany, in response to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott, American-led boycott of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Horvat
Elena Horvat (Hungarian: Ilona Horváth, later Florea, born 4 July 1958) is a retired Romanian rower. She is a world champion and Olympic gold medallist in the coxless pair. Horvat was born in Luizi-Călugăra in Bacău County in 1958. She moved to Bucharest at a young age but two sisters still live in her home village. Initially a member of Viitorul București, she later joined CSA Steaua București. She went to the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow as a reserve rower but did not get to compete. Horvat competed at the 1984 Olympics and won a gold medal in the coxless pair A coxless pair, abbreviated as a 2- and also known as a straight pair, is a racing shell used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two rowers, who propel the boat with sweep oars. The crew consists of a pair of rowers, each .... At world championships, she won one gold, one silver and two bronze medals between 1981 and 1985. References External links * * * * * 1958 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowing At The 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's Coxless Pair
The women's coxless pairs rowing competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at the Misari Regatta, Han River Regatta Course in Seoul, Korea. The event was held from 19 to 24 September. Background The Romanian rower Rodica Arba had competed in the event since the 1981 season, and dominated it—with different partners—since the Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair, 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where she won gold with Elena Horvat. She gained the 1985 World Rowing Championships title with Horvat, and won the 1986 World Rowing Championships, 1986 and 1987 World Rowing Championships with Olga Homeghi. Arba and Homeghi were the only team favoured to have a chance of winning the event at the 1988 Olympics. The East German rowers were regarded as medal contenders, as they had gained medals in the event at the last three World Championships. Canada were the reigning Rowing at the 1987 Pan American Games, Pan American champions. Previous W2- compe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowing At The 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's Coxless Pair
The women's coxless pairs rowing competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at the Krylatskoye Rowing Canal, Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ..., Soviet Union. The event was held from 21 to 26 July. Heats The fastest team in each heat advanced to the final. The remaining teams had to compete in the repechage for the remaining spots in the final. Heat 1 Heat 2 Repechage Three fastest teams in the repechage advanced to the final. Final References Sources * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Women's coxless pair Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics Women's rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
