Athlete of the month

Top 10 rowers

Top 10 Women
Top 10 male rowers active in 2011
Rank Athlete Nation Gold Points Silver Points Bronze Points Total Medal Points Event(s) First Medal Last Medal
1 Eskild Ebbesen DEN 15 2.5 3 20.5 LM4-, LM8+ 1993 2008
2 Drew Ginn AUS 13.5 1 2 16.5 M2-, M4-, M4+, M8+ 1996 2011
3 Olaf Tufte NOR 8 4 3 15 M1x, M2x 1999 2008
4 Robert Sycz POL 8 3 1 12 LM2x 1997 2005
5 Iztok Cop SLO 7 8 6 21 M1x, M2-, M2x, M4x 1991 2007
6 Rossano Galtarossa ITA 7 4 9 20 M2x, M4x 1992 2008
=7 Adam Korol POL 7 1 2 10 M2x, M4x 1998 2009
=7 Marek Kolbowicz POL 7 1 2 10 M2x, M4x 1998 2009
=9 Konrad Wasielewski POL 7 0 0 7 M4x 2005 2009
=9 Michal Jelinski POL 7 0 0 7 M4x 2005 2009
Top 10 female rowers active in 2011
Rank Athlete Nation Gold Points Silver Points Bronze Points Total Medal Points Event(s) First Medal Last Medal
1 Ekaterina Karsten-Khodotovitch BLR 12 7 11 30 W1x W2x W4x 1991 2011
2 Mary Whipple USA 8 3 0 11 W8+ 2002 2011
3 Susan Francia USA 8 0 1 9 W2-, W8+ 2006 2011
4 Caroline Lind USA 7 0 0 7 W8+ 2006 2011
5 Caryn Davies USA 6.5 3 0 9.5 W4-, W8+ 2006 2008
6 Erin Cafaro USA 5.5 0 1.5 7 W2-, W4-, W8+ 2006 2010
7 Katherine Grainger GBR 5 10 1 16 W1x, W2-, W2x, W4x, W8+ 1997 2011
8 Eleanor Logan USA 5 0.5 0 5.5 W4-, W8+ 2008 2011
9 Lesley Thompson-Willie CAN 4 9 7 20 W4+, W8+ 1984 2011
10 Frances Houghton GBR 3 6 0 9 W4x 2004 2010

About the top 10

To be eligible to appear as a Top 10 Male or Female rower, athletes had to have been active at elite international level in the current year by taking part at an Olympic Games, Final Olympic Qualification Regatta, World Rowing Championships or Rowing World Cup. All-Time Olympic and World Championship results have been taken into account with a weighting to favour Olympic medals three times higher than World Championship medals. World Championship medals in international boat classes are attributed half the value of a World Championship medal in an Olympic boat class.

Regarding points attribution to Olympic boat classes: Past Olympic boat classes cease to be considered as Olympic boat classes at the end of the year in which they were part of the Olympic programme for the last time. Present Olympic boat classes began to be considered as an Olympic boat class two years prior to the year in which they were part of the Olympic programme for the first time.

Ranking is sorted according to gold medal points, then silver, then bronze. Athletes are listed in order of ranking.

Points System

Olympic medal = 3 points

World Championship medal in Olympic boat class = 1 point

World Championship medal in International boat class = 0.5 point

Thomas Keller Award

Any competitor who has had a long and successful rowing career and who has made an outstanding contribution to rowing as a competitor and as sports personality will be considered for this honour. In principle, only one medal may be awarded in any one year.

Read more about the Thomas Keller Award