Rowing Legends
Olympic sculling and sweep rowing champions across the generations.
The All-Time Greatest Rowing Rowers
Ranked by career honours, records and our FSP GOAT Score.
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All Rowing Athletes
Browse 27 of the greatest rowing rowers of all time.
British
Steve Redgrave
Rower
Five consecutive Olympic gold medals — the greatest achievement in rowing and one of the greatest in…
British
Matthew Pinsent
Rower
Four consecutive Olympic gold medals — Redgrave's partner and one of British sport's most decorated …
New Zealander
Mahe Drysdale
Rower
The finest single sculler of his generation — two Olympic gold medals and five World Championship ti…
British
James Cracknell
Rower
Two Olympic gold medals and the most decorated rower alongside Redgrave and Pinsent.…
Romanian
Elisabeta Lipă
Rower
The most decorated Olympic rower in history — eight medals across six Games from 1984 to 2004 includ…
New Zealander
Hamish Bond
Rower
Three Olympic gold medals across two different disciplines — coxless pair and eight.…
British
Katherine Grainger
Rower
Five consecutive Olympic medals — the most by any British female Olympic athlete.…
Norwegian
Olaf Tufte
Rower
Three Olympic medals in single sculls — the most decorated Norwegian rower in Olympic history.…
British
Anna Watkins
Rower
Olympic champion and world record holder in double sculls — one of British rowing's finest.…
British
Pete Reed
Rower
Three Olympic gold medals — Pete Reed is one of Britain's most decorated rowers, winning gold in the…
British
Tim Foster
Rower
Sydney 2000 gold medallist — part of the most celebrated British rowing four in history.…
British
Ed Coode
Rower
Olympic gold medallist at Athens 2004 as part of the coxless four — Ed Coode stepped up as a late re…
New Zealander
Rob Waddell
Rower
Olympic gold medallist in single sculls at Sydney 2000 — Rob Waddell produced one of the most domina…
French
Jean-Christophe Rolland
Rower
Olympic champion and the architect of French rowing's international breakthrough.…
Australian
Drew Ginn
Rower
Three Olympic medals across three disciplines — the most versatile Australian rower.…
Romanian
Georgeta Andrunache
Rower
Georgeta Andrunache — Romania's most decorated Olympic rower with six medals across four Games inclu…
Norwegian
Olaf Tufte Jr
Rower
Two Olympic gold medals in single sculls — Olaf Tufte won at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, becoming …
Belarusian
Ekaterina Karsten
Rower
Two Olympic gold medals and the most decorated women's rower in history — Ekaterina Karsten competed…
Swiss
Xeno Müller
Rower
Olympic champion in the single sculls and one of Switzerland's greatest Olympians — Xeno Müller's At…
British
Alan Campbell
Rower
Bronze medallist at London 2012 — Alan Campbell is the most decorated British male single sculler in…
German
Birgit Fischer
Kayaker
The most decorated canoeist in Olympic history — eight Olympic gold medals across six Games from 198…
British
Helen Glover
Rower (Pair)
Britain's most successful female rower — two Olympic gold medals in the coxless pair with Heather St…
New Zealander
Lisa Carrington
Kayaker
New Zealand's most decorated Olympian — five Olympic gold medals across three Games in sprint kayaki…
British
Tom George
Rower
Olympic silver medallist at Paris 2024 in the men's pair — part of the new generation of British row…
British
Sir Matthew Pinsent
Rower
Four consecutive Olympic gold medals — the most by any British male Olympian in history. Redgrave's …
British
David Smith
Rower
Paralympic rowing champion and one of sport's most remarkable stories — David Smith had been told he…
British
Sir Steve Redgrave
Rower
The greatest Olympian in British history — five consecutive gold medals across five Olympic Games fr…
Rowing Nations
British
14
athletes
New Zealander
4
athletes
Romanian
2
athletes
Norwegian
2
athletes
French
1
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Australian
1
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Belarusian
1
athletes
Swiss
1
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