13 December 2023

By Göran R Buckhorn

On Monday, World Rowing announced the winners of the 2023 World Rowing Awards at a virtual event from the River and Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames. The event was hosted by World Rowing commentators Camilla Hadland-Horrocks and Peter O’Hanlon.

Here are then winners and runners-up in the different categories (winners in bold):

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

Svetla Otzetova, Bulgaria

Thomas Keller Medal

• Angel Fournier Rodriguez (†), Cuba
• Ondřej Synek, Czechia
• Richard Schmidt, Germany
• Kerri Williams, Grace Prendergast, New Zealand
• Caryn Davies, USA
  
  It was nice to see that a special tribute was paid to Thor Nilsen, who passed away on his 92nd birthday on 5 October 2023.
  
  The ceremony can now be watched on YouTube, here.