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Takehiro Kubo
Takehiro Kubo (born 19 July 1978) is a Japanese lightweight rowing, lightweight rower. Career Kubo won a gold medal at the 2000 World Rowing Championships in Zagreb with the lightweight men's quad scull, quadruple scull. References 1978 births Living people Japanese male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in rowing Rowers at the 2002 Asian Games Rowers at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games {{Japan-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowing (sport)
Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is divided into two disciplines: sculling and sweep rowing. In sculling, each rower holds two oars—one in each hand, while in sweep rowing each rower holds one oar with both hands. There are several boat classes in which athletes may compete, ranging from single sculls, occupied by one person, to shells with eight rowers and a coxswain, called eights. There are a wide variety of course types and formats of racing, but most elite and championship level racing is conducted on calm water courses long with several lanes marked using buoys. Modern rowing as a competitive sport can be traced to the early 17th century when professional watermen held races (regattas) on the River Thames in London, England. Often prizes were offered by the London G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
