5 September 2021
After two days racing, the 2021 European Rowing Under 23 Championships in Kruszwica, Poland, ended today.
Italy, which topped the medal table at the 2020 European Rowing Under 23 Championships, did everything it could to maintain that position, having entered in 16 of the 22 boat classes. However, Romania, second placed on the 2020 medal table, was going to give Italy a run for its money, having entered in 15 classes.
The two nations matched each other at the regatta with four gold medals when Romania took a convincing win in the women’s eight, finishing 10 seconds ahead of Germany. The Romanian crew was stroked by Tokyo Olympian Simona Radis, who had won gold in the single sculls less than two hours earlier.
As HTBS predicted in an article on 3 September, Emil Neykov, of Bulgaria, matched his World Under 23 Champion title with a European gold in Kruszwica. In the women’s double sculls, the Greek crew of Evangelia Anastasiadou and Evangelia Fragkou won the gold medal.
There was a good medal spread at this regatta with 19 out of 30 participating countries taking medals.
Here are the results
Women’s Coxed Four A-final
ROU, ITA, GER, UKR
Men’s Coxed Four A-final
ITA, ROU, GBR, UKR, GER
Women’s Pair A-final
CRO, ROU, UKR, GRE, GER
Women’s Four A-final
ROU, POL, GBR, RUS, ITA, GER
Lightweight Women’s Single Sculls A-final
AUT, GBR, GRE, SUI, CZE, SWE
Lightweight Men’s Single Sculls A-final
BUL, NOR, GER, ITA, DEN, SWE
Lightweight Women’s Pair A-final
ITA, TUR, POL, UKR, HUN
Lightweight Men’s Pair A-final
ITA, TUR, GER, HUN, MDA, AUT
Lightweight Women’s Quadruple Sculls A-final
ITA, GER
Lightweight Men’s Quadruple Sculls A-final
GER, ITA, HUN, POL
Women’s Single Sculls A-final
ROU, SUI, CZE, ESP, ITA, HUN
Men’s Single Sculls A-final
BUL, SUI, POL, SLO, TUR, MDA
Men’s Pair A-final
LTU, ROU, ITA, GBR, DEN, POL
Men’s Four A-final
ROU, POL, BLR, ITA, SUI, GRE
Lightweight Women’s Double Scull A-final
TUR, POL, ITA, RUS, HUN
Lightweight Men’s Double Scull A-final
BEL, TUR, SUI, POL, POR, ITA
Women’s Quadruple Sculls A-final
RUS, SUI, POL, ROU, CZE, BLR
Men’s Quadruple Sculls A-final
CZE, BLR, ITA, POL, GER, GBR
Women’s Eight A-final
ROU, GER, SUI
Men’s Double Sculls A-final
GBR, GRE, BLR, MDA, LTU, SUI
Women’s Double Sculls A-final
GRE, ROU, LTU, SUI, BEL, AUT
Men’s Eight A-final
GBR, ROU, GER, CZE, UKR
Read more about the A-finals here.
The 2022 European Rowing Under 23 Championships will be held in Hazewinkel, Belgium, on 3-4 September next year.
