Female Rowers

Romanian rower Elisabeta Lipă scripted history when she became the most successful rower in the history of Olympics, with her 8 medals, including 5 gold medals. She was also the first rower to compete at 6 Olympic games and also served as the Romanian Minister of Youth and Sport.

Rebecca Romero scripted history by winning two Olympic medals in two different sports, rowing and cycling, thus becoming the second woman to achieve the feat, after swimmer and handball player Roswitha Krause. Initially a rower, she was later deviated toward cycling after suffering a severe back injury.

A University of Pennsylvania law graduate, Anita DeFrantz later served as the International Olympic Committee member. A Congressional Gold Medal-wining athlete, too, she captained the American rowing team in the 1976 Montreal Olympics and won a bronze in women's eight competition. She is also associated with the Art of the Olympians.

Ekaterina Karsten is a Belarusian rower best known for winning two Olympic gold medals, one each at the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games. A seven-time Olympian, Karsten represented the Unified Team at the 1992 Olympics before becoming the first medallist from Republic of Belarus in 1996. Ekaterina Karsten, who specializes in single sculls, is also a six-time World Champion.

Birgit Skarstein is a Norwegian competitive cross-country skier and rower best known for winning the gold medal in the women's single skulls competition at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. Apart from being a four-time world champion, Birgit Skarstein has also won a silver and a bronze medal at the World Rowing Championships.