Rowing Award Finalists Announced

The 2018 World Rowing Award finalists have been decided.

Public nomination drew over 1000 submissions for this year’s awards. The public nominations then went to World Rowing’s expert nominations panel and individual judging panels before the finalists were decided by the FISA Executive Committee.

Joining the World Rowing Awards for 2018 is the Sustainability Award. This award acknowledges those who endeavour to safeguard the environment in which rowing takes place and help their local environment.

Finalists for the 2018 World Rowing Awards

Women’s Crew of the Year

Caileigh Filmer, Hillary Janssens, Canada, Women’s pair

Sanita Puspure, Ireland, Women’s single sculls

Agnieszka Kobus-Zawojska, Marta Wieliczko, Maria Springwald, Katarzyna Zillmann, Poland, Women’s quadruple sculls

Men’s Crew of the Year

Joshua Hicks, Spencer Turrin, Jack Hargreaves, Alexander Hill, Australia, Men’s four

Jason Osborne, Germany, Lightweight men’s single sculls

Johannes Weissenfeld, Felix Wimberger, Maximilian Planer, Torben Johannesen, Jakob Schneider, Malte Jakschik, Richard Schmidt, Hannes Ocik, Martin Sauer (coxswain), Germany, Men’s eight

Paul O’Donovan, Gary O’Donovan, Ireland, Lightweight men’s double sculls

Para-rowing Crew of the Year

Perle Bouge, France, Para PR2 women’s single sculls

Ellen Buttrick, Grace Clough, Oliver Stanhope, Daniel Brown, Erin Wysocki-Jones (coxswain), Great Britain, Para PR3 mixed coxed four

Annika van der Meer, Corne de Koning, Netherlands, Para PR2 mixed double sculls

Coach of the Year

Uwe Bender, Germany, Men’s eight

Dominic Casey, Ireland, Men’s pair, lightweight men’s and women’s double sculls, lightweight men’s quadruple sculls

Jan Klerks, Netherlands, Para-rowing team

Laurel Korholz, United States, Women’s four, women’s single sculls

2018 Sustainability Award

"Pushing for a Clean Sweep", National Schools Regatta, Great Britain