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.