2 November 2023

World Rowing announced yesterday the nominations the organisation’s Executive Committee has selected for the 2023 awards. The finalists are based on the analysis of expert panels created for each of the awards. The 2023 World Rowing Awards will be held virtually on Monday, 11 December 2023 at 19:00 CET through World Rowing’s website.

Finalists for the 2023 World Rowing Awards (listed in alphabetical order of the country name)

Men’s Crew of the Year

• Oliver Zeidler, Single Sculls, Germany
• Oliver Wilkes, David Ambler, Matthew Aldridge, Freddie Davidson, Four, Great Britain
• Roman Roeoesli, Andrin Gulich, Pair, Switzerland

Women’s Crew of the Year

• Emily Craig, Imogen Grant, Lightweight, Double Sculls, Great Britain
• Karolien Florijn, Single Sculls, Netherlands
• Magdalena Rusu, Roxana Anghel, Adriana Adam, Iuliana Buhus, Madalina Beres, Maria Tivodariu, Ioana Vrinceanu, Amalia Beres, Victoria-Stefania Petreanu, Eight, Romania

Para Crew of the Year

• Nikki Ayers, Jed Altschwager, PR3 Mixed Double Sculls, Australia
• Lauren Rowles, Gregg Stevenson, PR2 Mixed Double Sculls, Great Britain
• Birgit Skarstein, PR1 Women’s Single Sculls, Norway
• Roman Polianskyi, PR1 Men’s Single Sculls, Ukraine

Coach of the Year

• Darren Whiter, Great Britain
• Michelle Darvill, Netherlands
• Francesco Fossi, Netherlands
• Johan Lidberg, Norway
• Ian Wright, Switzerland

Distinguished Service to International Rowing

The winner of the Distinguished Service Award will be announced at the time of the Awards Ceremony.

Thomas Keller Medal

• Angel Fournier Rodriguez (†), Cuba
• Ondřej Synek, Czechia
• Richard Schmidt, Germany
• Kerri Williams and Grace Prendergast, New Zealand
• Caryn Davies, United States of America