World Indoor Rowing Championships

The World Indoor Rowing Championships is an indoor rowing championship competition organised by World Rowing. The competition has been held annually since 2018. So far, there have been championships organized in venues and with virtual formats.

World Indoor Rowing Championships
Tournament information
SportIndoor rowing
Established2018
AdministratorWorld Rowing

The 2023 competition in Toronto, Canada was the first time a hybrid (virtual and in-person) competition was available to athletes.[1] It was also the first time the Versa Challenge provided qualified athletes the opportunity to compete for the title of the most fit 'versatile' indoor rower in the world.[1][2] Athletes competed in four surprise versa challenges over two days.[3] Finland's Joel Naukkarinen and America's Elizabeth Gilmore earned the most points in the Men's and Women's Versa Challenge in February 2023.[3]

Venues

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Year Location
2018   Alexandria
2019   Long Beach
2020   Paris
2021 Virtual
2022 Virtual
2023   Toronto
2024   Prague

Medallists

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Men's

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2,000 m

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Year Winner Runner-up Third
2018   Jakub Podrazil (CZE)   Joel Naukkarinen (FIN)   Thomas Phifer (USA)
2019   Oliver Zeidler (GER)   Arne Landboe (USA)   Alexander Richards (USA)
2020   Alexander Vyazovkin (RUS)   Barnabe Delarze (SUI)   Matthieu Androdias (FRA)
2021   Ward Lemmelijn (BEL)   Bartosz Zablocki (POL)   Chirill Visit Chi-Sestakov (MDA)
2022   Ward Lemmelijn (BEL)   Alexander Vyazovkin (RUS)   Joel Naukkarinen (FIN)
2023   Oliver Zeidler (GER)   Ward Lemmelijn (BEL)   Jakub Podrazil (CZE)
2024   Ward Lemmelijn (BEL)   Michal Szpakowski (POL)   Jakub Podrazil (CZE)

Lightweight 2,000 m

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Year Winner Runner-up Third
2018   Artur Mikołajczewski (POL)   Matthias Taborsky (AUT)   Alistair Bond (NZL)
2019   Jason Osborne (GER)   Martino Goretti (ITA)   Alex Twist (USA)
2020   Pierre Houin (FRA)   Thibault Colard (FRA)   Martino Goretti (ITA)
2021   Florian Roller (GER)   Martino Goretti (ITA)   Boudina Sid Ali (ALG)
2022   Florian Roller (GER)   Boudina Sid Ali (ALG)   Ahmet Rapi (SWE)
2023   Jiri Simanek (CZE)   Florian Roller (GER)   Moritz Marchart (GER)
2024   Florian Roller (GER)   Jiri Simanek (CZE)   Jerzy Kowalski (POL)

500 m

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Year Winner Runner-up Third
2020   Phil Clapp (GBR)   Joel Naukkarinen (FIN)   Vincent Matz (FRA)
2021   Phil Clapp (GBR)   Anton Bondarenko (UKR)   Joel Naukkarinen (FIN)
2022   Phil Clapp (GBR)   Cameron Wharram (CAN)   Anton Grassi (SVK)
2023   Phil Clapp (GBR)   Cameron Wharram (CAN)   Matt Snare (USA)
2024   Joonas Kuivalainen (FIN)   Thomas Wilson (GBR)   Chris Scott (GBR)

Lightweight 500 m

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Year Winner Runner-up Third
2020   Adrien Decriem (FRA)

  Damián Alonso (ESP)

  Michal Zawadzki (POL)
2021   Benjamin Smith (AUT)   Martino Goretti (ITA)   William Legge (AUS)
2022   Mohamed Kota (EGY)   Chen Sensen (CHN)   Daniel Satch (GBR)
2023   Giovanni Ficarra (ITA)   José Daniel Martínez López (ESP)   Mohamed Kota (EGY)
2024   Mohamed Kota (EGY)   Francisco Pizana Iniesta (ESP)   Ahmed Meshref (EGY)

1 hour

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Year Winner Runner-up Third
2021   Benjamin Reuter (GBR)   Joel Naukkarinen (FIN)   Tom Solesbury (GBR)

Team

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Year Winner Runner-up Third
2021   Finland 1 (FIN)   Egyptian National Team (EGY)   UK Armed Forces (GBR)
2022   Finland (FIN)
  Egyptian Rowing Federation (EGY)
  No Rowing For Old Men (GBR)
2023 The International Men of Mystery   No Rowing For Old Men (GER)   Team FINLAND (FIN)
2024 The International Men of Mystery   Team FINLAND (FIN)   Czech Team (CZE)

Women

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2,000 m

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Year Winner Runner-up Third
2018   Olena Buryak (UKR)   Luisa Neerschulte (GER)   Rui Ju (CHN)
2019   Olena Buryak (UKR)   Brooke Mooney (USA)   Tracy Eisser (USA)
2020   Olena Buryak (UKR)   Helene Lefebvre (FRA)   Elodie Ravera (FRA)
2021   Kirsten Kline (USA)   Sophie Souwer (NED)   Marilou Duvernay Tardif (CAN)
2022   Zhang Peixin (CHN)   Lv Yang (CHN)   Olena Buryak (UKR)
2023   Olena Buryak (UKR)   Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski (CAN)   Sydney Payne (CAN)
2024   Pavlina Flamikova (CZE)   Anna Santruckova (CZE)   Kathryn Mole (GBR)

Lightweight 2,000 m

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Year Winner Runner-up Third
2018   Christine Cavallo (USA)   Emily Schmieg (USA)   Kathryn Schiro (USA)
2019   Justine Reston (GBR)   Katelin Guregian (USA)   Toni Harding (USA)
2020   Laura Tarantola (FRA)   Marie Margot Joannes (FRA)   Jilly Tovey (GBR)
2021   Paula Pankratiew (POL)   Olga Svirska (LAT)   Krimi Khadija (TUN)
2022   Min Yang (CHN)   Jiaqi Zou (CHN)   Lai Weijuan (CHN)
2023   Krimi Khadija (TUN)   Silke Tamborijn (BEL)   Elisa Arcara (ITA)
2024   Bruna Parente (POR)   Barbora Podrazilova (CZE)   Zoe Dickson (DEN)

500 m

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Year Winner Runner-up Third
2020   Olena Buryak (UKR)   Lucie Giraud (FRA)   Rhian Rudkin (GBR)
2021   Ana do Carmo Caldas (POR)   Joanne Clapp (GBR)   Bianca Piloseno (USA)
2022   Bianca Piloseno (USA)   Olena Buryak (UKR)   Jade Lally (GBR)
2023   Olena Buryak (UKR)   Sonja Pentola (FIN)   Clara Hogan (IRL)
2024   Iida Niemi (FIN)   Sarah Maria Johansen (DEN)   Emma Simpson (GBR)

Lightweight 500 m

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Year Winner Runner-up Third
2020   Jilly Tovey (GBR)   Laura Barrigan (GBR)   Selma Dhaouadi (FRA)
2021   Anna Hughes-Davies (GBR)   Krimi Khadija (TUN)   Rouba Amina (ALG)
2022   Jiaqi Zou (CHN)   Tan Jinlian (CHN)   Nourelhoda Arafa (EGY)
2023   Krimi Khadija (TUN)   Sarita Kristina Hansen (DEN)   Laura Barrigan (GBR)
2024   Sarita Kristina Hansen (DEN)   Laura Allen (GBR)   Nourelhoda Arafa (EGY)

1 hour

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Year Winner Runner-up Third
2021   Margit Haahr Hansen (DEN)   Ghada Ibrahim (EGY)   Larysa Zhalinska (UKR)

Team

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Year Winner Runner-up Third
2021   Egyptian National Team (EGY)   Finland (FIN)   Danish Masters Team (DEN)
2022   Finland (FIN)   British Army (GBR)   Mannheim-Karlsruhe (GER)
2023   Team FINLAND (FIN)   Nordisch by Nature (GER)   Team Live2Row (USA)
2024   Team FINLAND (FIN) Sexy Erg Screens Impeccable Transitions

Mixed

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2,000 m team relay

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Year Winner Runner-up Third
2021   Finland 1 (FIN)   Egyptian National Team (EGY)   Concept Fitness (25x17px)
2022   Egyptian National Team (EGY)   Finland (FIN)   British Army (GBR)
2023   Team FINLAND (FIN) Freespeed   KSA Team Mix (KSA)
2024   Team FINLAND (FIN) Freespeed Dream Team 2024

References

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  1. ^ a b "2023 World Rowing Indoor Championships – Row The North". Retrieved 2023-03-23.
  2. ^ "World Rowing - Introducing: The World Rowing Versa Challenge". World Rowing. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
  3. ^ a b "World Rowing - 2023 World Rowing Indoor Championships". World Rowing. Retrieved 2023-03-23.