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Rowing At The 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's Single Sculls
The women's single sculls (W1x) Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics, rowing competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place at Lake Casitas in Ventura County, California, United States. It was held from 30 July to 4 August. Background Like some other rowing events at the 1984 Summer Olympics, the women's single sculls event was influenced by the absence of strong competitors due to the 1984 Summer Olympics boycott, Soviet Bloc boycott. The last two world champions from the Soviet Union and East Germany were absent; Irina Fetisova (swimmer and rower), Irina Fetisova of the Soviet Union had won the 1982 World Rowing Championships in Switzerland, and East German Jutta Behrendt had become 1983 World Rowing Championships, world champion in 1983. Sanda Toma (rower), Sanda Toma, the winner of the Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's single sculls, 1980 Olympic event and 1981 World Rowing Championships, 1981 world champion, had since retired. World championship medallists compe ... [...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. In the center of Lake Casitas is 2 km Main Island, whose peak rises more than from the lake surface. History The lake filled and overflowed for the first time around the 1970s. During the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Lake Casitas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beryl Crockford
Beryl Crockford (formerly Mitchell; née Martin; 26 June 1950 – 11 September 2016) was a world-champion and Olympic rower who represented Great Britain from 1975 to 1986. In 1985 she married Duncan Crockford and competed as Beryl Crockford afterwards, previously she had competed under her divorced name of Beryl Mitchell.. Representative rowing career She was part of the coxed four at the 1975 World Rowing Championships in Nottingham, the crew finished 9th overall after a third-place finish in the B final. In the 1976 Olympics she rowed with Lin Clark in the women's coxless pairs and in 1977 she was part of the coxless pair that finished 10th overall and fourth in the B final at the 1977 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam. At the 1980 Olympics and the 1984 Olympics she rowed in the women's single sculls. Her silver medal in women's single sculls in the 1981 World Rowing Championships was the first medal achieved by a British woman at a World Rowing Championships, and he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonella Corazza
Antonella Corazza (born 27 February 1965) is an Italian rower. She competed in two events at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also 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 secon .... References 1965 births Living people Italian female rowers Olympic rowers for Italy Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{Italy-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lise Justesen
Lise Marianne Justesen (born 5 September 1961) is a Danish rower. She competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also 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 secon .... References 1961 births Living people Danish female rowers Olympic rowers for Denmark Rowers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Odense Rowers from the Region of Southern Denmark {{Denmark-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqui Marshall
Jacqui Marshall (born 13 March 1957) is an Australian former representative rower. She was a fourteen-time Australian national champion, represented at the 1981 World Championships and competed in the women's single sculls event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Club and state rowing Marshall's senior club rowing was from the Melbourne University Boat Club. She first represented for the University club at the 1978 Intervarsity Championships. In later life when she began masters rowing she rowed in Bundaberg Rowing Club colours. At the 1981 Australian Rowing Championships in MUBC colours she won a national title in the women's elite coxed four and placed second with Westendorf in the elite pair. At the 1982 Championships she won Australian titles in all three senior women's sweep oared boat classes. She repeated this feat in 1983 when she stroked all three of those winning boats. Om 1984 she won titles in the women's four and the eight. Marshall first made state selection for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ursula Brauch
Ursula Brauch (born 18 October 1962) is a German rower. She competed in the women's single sculls event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also 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 secon .... References 1962 births Living people German female rowers Olympic rowers for West Germany Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Karlsruhe Rowers from Baden-Württemberg {{Germany-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astrid Unger
Astrid Unger (born 27 July 1963) is an Austrian rower. She competed in the women's single sculls event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also 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 secon .... References External links * 1963 births Living people Austrian female rowers Olympic rowers for Austria Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Competitors at the 1987 Summer Universiade {{Austria-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jos Compaan
Jos Compaan (2 July 1958 – 30 December 2020) was a Dutch rower. She competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics, 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... References External links * 1958 births 2020 deaths Dutch female rowers Olympic rowers for the Netherlands Rowers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Purmerend 21st-century Dutch women 20th-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Schreiner
Andrea Schreiner (born 27 April 1959) is a Canadian rower. She competed in the women's single sculls event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also 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 secon .... References External links * * * 1959 births Living people Canadian female rowers Olympic rowers for Canada Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Rowers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games 20th-century Canadian women Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games {{Canada-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Gilder
Virginia Anne Gilder (born June 4, 1958), also known as Ginny Gilder, is a former American rower and Olympic silver medalist. Gilder is a co-owner of the Seattle Storm, a professional women's basketball team in the WNBA. Early life Gilder is the daughter of Richard Gilder and was raised on the Upper East Side of Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state .... She attended the Chapin School.followed by Dana Hall School where she graduated one year early. In 1976, Gilder attended Yale University, graduating with a degree in history in 1979. Rowing career While at Yale, Gilder was on the women's crew team. However, there was no locker room available for the women's crew team, so they had to wait on the bus after practice while the men showered before they could re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martina Schröter
Martina Schröter (born 16 November 1960) is a German rower, who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. She won the medals at the international rowing competitions. In October 1986, she was awarded a Patriotic Order of Merit in gold (first class) for her sporting success. The Olympic gold medal that she won in 1988 in the double sculls teamed up with Birgit Peter was the 500th Olympic medal won by East Germany. References 1960 births Living people Sportspeople from Weimar People from Bezirk Erfurt East German female rowers Olympic rowers for East Germany Rowers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Olympic gold medalists for East Germany World Rowing Championships medalists for East Germany Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany {{German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonina Zelikovich
Antonina Viktorovna Makhina-Dumcheva-Zelikovich (russian: Антонина Викторовна Махина-Думчева-Зеликович; born 4 March 1958 in Ryazan) is a Russian rower. She competed for the Soviet Union in the 1980 and 1988 Summer Olympics and for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as .... References External links * * * * * 1958 births Living people Russian female rowers Olympic rowers of the Soviet Union Olympic rowers of the Unified Team Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Unified Team Rowers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
