07 Dec 2011
Top 10 Male and Female Rowers for 2006
To be eligible to appear as a 2006 Top 10 Male or Female rower, athletes had to have been active at elite international level in 2006 by taking part at the World Rowing Championships or at a Rowing World Cup. All-Time Olympic and World Championship results have been taken into account to determine Top 10 ranking. Athletes are listed in order of ranking.
Top 10 male rowers active in 2006
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Event(s) | First Medal |
Last Medal |
| 1. | Daniele Gilardoni | ITA | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | LM4x | 1999 | 2006 |
| 2. | Leonardo Pettinari | ITA | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
LM2-, LM2x |
1993 | 2003 |
| 3. | Franco Sancassani | ITA | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | LM2-, LM4x, LM8+ |
1995 | 2006 |
| 4. | Drew Ginn | AUS | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | M2-, M4+, M4-, M8+ |
1996 | 2006 |
| 5. | Steve Williams | GBR | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | M4+, M4- | 2000 | 2006 |
| 6. | Luca Moncada | ITA | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | LM4x | 2001 | 2006 |
| 7. | Iztok Cop | SLO | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | M1x, M2-, M2x, M4x |
1991 | 2006 |
| =8 | Marco Geisler | GER | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | M4 | 1995 | 2003 |
| =8 | Robert Sycz | POL | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | LM2x | 1997 | 2005 |
| 10 | Tomasz Kucharski | POL | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | LM2x | 1997 | 2004 |
Top 10 female rowers active in 2006
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Event(s) | First Medal | Last Medal |
| 1 | Ekaterina Karsten | BLR | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | W1x, W2x W4x |
1991 | 2006 |
| = 2 | Caroline Evers-Swindell | NZL | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | W2x, W4x | 2001 | 2006 |
| = 2 | Georgina Evers-Swindell | NZL | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | W2x, W4x | 2001 | 2006 |
| 4 | Joanna Lutz | AUS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | W4-, W8+ | 2001 | 2006 |
| 5 | Caryn Davies | USA | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | W4-, W8+ | 2002 | 2006 |
| = 6 | Emily Martin | AUS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | W4-, W8+ | 2001 | 2006 |
| = 6 | Kate Hornsey | AUS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | W4-, W8+ | 2005 | 2006 |
| = 6 | Robyn Selby Smith | AUS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | W4-, W8+ | 2005 | 2006 |
| 9 | Lesley Thompson | CAN | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | W4+, W8+ | 1984 | 2000 |
| 10 | Katherine Grainger | GBR | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | W2-, W4x W8+ |
1997 | 2006 |