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All about crew
A short history of crew or Rowing Britain's first international competition was held at
Henley in 1872, and the first Olympic Regatta was in Paris in 1900. Although
the European Championships were founded in 1892, UK crews did not compete
until 1947. The Olympic Regatta was held at Henley in 1908 when British
crews won 4 gold medals.
In 1973 Britain opened its first multi-lane international course in Nottingham and the World Championships were subsequently staged there in 1975 and 1986. This new rowing facility coincided with a rebirth in British international rowing. The British 8 won a silver medal in the 1974 World Championships; the first medal won by a British crew for ten years, and Olympic silvers for the 8 and double scull followed at the 1976 Montreal Games. Since then, Britain has remained amongst the world's leading rowing nations. Success at World Championships are too many to mention however a gold medal in each Olympics since 1984 is a record unsurpassed in British sport. |
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At the Sydney Olympics the sports most
well known competitor, Steven Redgrave, achieved an amazing 5th successive
Olympic Gold medal, something never achieved by a British Olympian in any
sport. No rower, competing over the brutally strength sapping 2000m course,
has ever matched it, although Jack Beresford won 5 medals in successive
games from 1920-36. Boat clubs were introduced in America in the 1800's. Philadelphia's Schuylkill Navy, began in 1858, was the first rowing association and the first amateur sports organization. Collegiate and amateur oarsmen started the National Association for Amateur Oarsmen (NAAO) in 1872. |
Women were left out in these clubs, even though they rowed in amateur and collegiate races. In the early 1960's, the National Women's Rowing Association was formed. Finally, in 1982, the National Association for Amateur Oarsmen and the National Women's Rowing Association joined to become the coed United States Rowing Association (USRA).
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