Rowing At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's Single Sculls
The men's single sculls event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 23 to 30 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway. 32 rowers from 32 nations competed. Background This will be the 28th appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Games in 1896 (when bad weather forced the cancellation of all rowing events) but has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1900. Of the 6 finalists from the 2016 Games, silver medalist Damir Martin of Croatia is the only one to return. Two-time reigning gold medalist Mahé Drysdale was defeated by Jordan Parry in New Zealand's selection process. The three World Champions since the 2016 Games are Ondřej Synek of the Czech Republic (a three-time Olympic medalist), Kjetil Borch of Norway, and Oliver Zeidler of Germany. Synek announced on his Facebook page that he will not be going to Tokyo. Borch and Zeidler competed in Tokyo. Benin, the Dominican Republic, the Ivory Coast, Nicaragua, and Saudi Arabia made their debut in the even ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sea Forest Waterway
The is a regatta venue for rowing (sport), rowing and canoeing, situated in Kōtō and Ōta, Tokyo, Ōta, Tokyo Bay, in Japan. History The venue was built for the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Paralympics, Paralympic Games. Construction began in 2016 and it was inaugurated in June 2019. It was built by Tokyo Metropolitan Government on the waterfront site and is the only rowing venue in Tokyo that meets international standards. The first international event that was held here were the 2019 World Rowing Junior Championships. Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Olympic rowing events are held from 23 to 30 July 2021. The hopes to be able to continue to maintain it after the Olympics. In January 2021, it was reported that oysters were attaching themselves to the floats used to suppress waves in the venue, resulting in 140 million yen (US$1.3 million) in costs to remove them. Location and description Sea Forest Waterway is located in the Special wards of Tokyo, special war ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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UTC+9
UTC+09:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +09:00. During the Japanese occupations of British Borneo, Burma, Hong Kong, Dutch East Indies, Malaya, Philippines, Singapore, and French Indochina, it was used as a common time with Tokyo until the fall of the Empire of Japan. As standard time (year-round) Principal cities: Yakutsk, Blagoveshchensk, Chita, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Yokohama, Sapporo, Hiroshima, Kyoto, Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Gwangju, Ulsan, Incheon, Jeju, Changwon, Pohang, Gumi, Geoje, Pyongyang, Koror, Jayapura, Sorong, Ternate, Ambon, Dili. North Asia *Russia – Yakutsk Time **Far Eastern Federal District ***Amur Oblast, Sakha Republic (western part; west of the Lena River as well as territories adjacent to the Lena on the eastern side) ***Zabaykalsky Krai East Asia *Japan – Japan Standard Time *North Korea – Korea Standard Time *South Korea – Korea Standard Time Oceania Micronesia *Palau – Time in Palau Australia * Arubid ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Peter Purcell-Gilpin
Peter Purcell-Gilpin (born 4 July 1994) is a Zimbabwean rower who competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Early years Purcell-Gilpin was born into a family of farmers in Zimbabwe. He suffered from a muscular condition that left him unable to play sports by the age of 10 because he couldn't control his shaking legs. He was told by doctors that he would likely lose his ability to use them, but his condition soon began to improve. Purcell-Gilpin started rowing in 2007, and served as captain of the rowing club during his time at St. George's College in Harare. He competed at the 2012 World Rowing Junior Championships held in Bulgaria, where he finished 16th out of 33 competitors in the single sculls event, and was subsequently named the 2013 Junior Sportsperson of the Year. Career Purcell-Gilpin competed at the collegiate level while attending the University of Birmingham in England. Together with his partner William White, they became the first pair from the school to ever medal a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vladislav Yakovlev (rower)
Vladislav Pavlovich Yakovlev (, born 1 January 1993) is a Kazakh rower, who competed in single sculls at the 2012 and 2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ... Olympics. and finished with a time of 6:59.43 during Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls References External links * Living people 1993 births Sportspeople from Temirtau Olympic rowers for Kazakhstan Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Kazakhstani male rowers Asian Games medalists in rowing Rowers at the 2010 Asian Games Rowers at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Rowers at the 2018 Asian Games Rowers at the 2022 Asian Games 21st-c ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gennaro Di Mauro
Gennaro Alberto Di Mauro (born 8 November 2001) is an Italian rower. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Single sculls, finishing 8th. Career In 2017, he participated in the junior world championships, finishing fifth. In 2018, he participated at the European junior championships, at the junior world championships. At the Italian indoor rowing championships he set the new Italian junior record on the 2000 m rowing. In 2019, he finished fourth at the Junior World Championships References External links * * * * Gennaro Di Mauroat the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ... * 2001 births Living people Italian male rowers Olympic rowers for Italy Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Rowers from the Metropolitan City of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sverri Sandberg Nielsen
Sverri Sandberg Nielsen (born 14 October 1993) is a Faroese rower who competes for Danske Studenters Roklub and Denmark in the heavyweight single sculls. He also competes in indoor rowing and has set a new Danish record three years in a row, 2015, 2016 and 2017 and again in 2019 and 2020. In 2019 he won silver medal at the World Rowing Championships. In 2020 he won the European Rowing Championship and the following year he won silver at the same event. In 2021 he competed for Denmark at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He also competes for Denmark at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Career Sverri S. Nielsen began his rowing career in the Faroe Islands competing in Faroese wooden rowing boats with 6 or 8 rowers and a cox; he was also training indoor rowing in the Faroe Islands as well as outdoor rowing. In 2011 he won the C.R.A.S.H.-B.Sprints World Indoor Rowing Championships for Junior Men. He is a member of the Danish National rowing team, he currently competes in Single sculler, heavy we ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rio Rii
Riilio "Rio" Rii (born 22 June 1994) is a Ni-Van rower. He was the flagbearer of Vanuatu at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, earning attention for his shirtless, oiled get-up compared to Tongan fighter Pita Taufatofua. In the men's single sculls race, Rii finished 30th overall. Career He started in the sport at 19, having taken up cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ... before, and has won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Rowing Championships, as well as appearing at three World Rowing Championships. References External links * * * 1994 births Living people Vanuatuan male rowers Olympic rowers for Vanuatu Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{Vanuatu-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ignacio Vásquez
Ignacio Vásquez Jorge (born 4 December 1998) is a rower from the Dominican Republic. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo .... References 1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Bonao Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Dominican Republic male rowers Olympic rowers for the Dominican Republic Pan American Games competitors for the Dominican Republic Rowers at the 2019 Pan American Games Rowers at the 2023 Pan American Games 21st-century Dominican Republic sportsmen {{DominicanRepublic-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Quentin Antognelli
Quentin Antognelli (born 15 August 1994 in Monte Carlo) is a Monegasque rower. He is a license holder of the Société Nautique de Monaco and represented the Principality of Monaco at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Life Quentin Antognelli was born on 15 August 1994 in Monaco. His father, Jean-Louis Antognelli, is Sports Director of the Société nautique de Monaco. In 2004, when Antognelli was 10 years old, he debuted in Italy at the Piediluco Students National Day. In 2008, he was second in Varese in the 2X with Federico Garibaldi. As of 2021 Antognelli is in his final year of a Master’s degree at Oxford Brookes University in England. Career World Championships In 2015, Antognelli won in the men’s single sculls (m1x) – repechage 3 in the World Championships 2015. The same year Antognelli and Giuseppe Alberti, who competed for Monaco, won the gold medal in the World Championships FISA Costal Rowing, and in 2016, the same team took a bronze medal in the Men’s D ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Álvaro Torres (rower)
Álvaro Torres Masías (born 11 June 1993) is a Peruvian rower. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics. He also represented Peru at the 2019 Pan American Games finishing 5th in the double scull A double scull, also abbreviated as a 2x, 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") ar ...s final alongside Geronimo Hamann. References External links * * * 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Miami Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Peruvian male rowers Olympic rowers for Peru Pan American Games competitors for Peru Rowers at the 2015 Pan American Games Rowers at the 2019 Pan American Games Rowers at the 2023 Pan American Games {{Peru-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mohammed Al-Khafaji
Mohammed Riyadh Jasim Al-Khafaji (born 20 February 1994 in Baghdad) is an Iraqi rower. He placed 21st in the men's single sculls event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio and 22nd at the 2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ... in Tokio, making Al-Khafaji the most successful Iraqi athlete to compete in the Tokio Olympic Games. Mostly competing as a lightweight, Al-Khafaji has been regularly among the top 10 male rowers in the single sculls in Asia and among the top 20 world-wide, marked by the 10th place in the men's lightweight single sculls at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade. In addition, he has competed in the men's double, men's lightweight double and men's quadruple categories. References External links * 1994 births Livin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Abdulrahman Al-Fadhel
Abdulrahman Al-Fadhel (born 9 July 1994) is a Kuwaiti rower. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo .... References External links * 1994 births Living people Kuwaiti male rowers Olympic rowers for Kuwait Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2022 Asian Games {{Kuwait-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |