The World Rowing Coastal Championships is an official

coastal rowing Coastal and offshore rowing is a rowing (sport), rowing sport performed at sea. In North America, this sport is often called open water rowing. Due to sea one has to row in harsher conditions. To withstand it the boats usually are wider and more ...

championship competition organised by

World Rowing 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 ...

. The competition was first held in 2006 as the Rowing Coastal World Challenge and took official World Championships status in 2007, being held annually since the beginning (except 2012, 2020 and 2021). In this championships the endurance format is raced, with 4-6km races, in contrast with the World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals in which the head-to-head elimination style is raced, with a short sprint along the beach.

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Fours

Women

Singles

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Fours

Mixed

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Coastal The coast, also known as the coastline or seashore, is defined as the area where land meets the ocean, or as a line that forms the boundary between the land and the coastline. The Earth has around of coastline. Coasts are important zones in ...

Recurring sporting events established in 2006 Rowing competitions