Announcing the 2012 Keller Medal nominees

1. Georgeta Andrunache – Romania, main dates 1997 – 2008

2. Ann Elise Bredael – Belgium, main dates 1988 – 1996

3. Constanta Burcica – Romania, main dates 1990 – 2008

4. Vaclav Chalupa Jr. – Czech Republic, main dates 1989 – 2009

5. Ramon Di Clemente – South Africa, main dates 2000 – 2011

6. Eskild Ebbesen – Denmark, main dates 1994 – 2012

7. Caroline Evers-Swindell – New Zealand, main dates 1998 – 2008

8. Georgina Evers-Swindell – New Zealand, main dates 1998 – 2008

9. Katherine Grainger – Great Britain, main dates 2000 – 2012

10. Manuela Lutze – Germany, main dates 1992 – 2008

11. Vasileios Polymeros – Greece, main dates 1993 – 2009

12. Bryan Volpenhein – United States, main dates 1998 – 2008

The finalists will be decided during FISA’s Joint Commissions Meeting which is currently being held in London. Announcement of the finalists will be made next week.

FISA’s Thomas Keller Medal is the most prestigious medal awarded in rowing and it celebrates someone who has had an outstanding career in rowing.

Former winners include James Tomkins (Australia), Kathrin Boron (Germany), Elisabeta Lipa (Romania), Steve Redgrave (Great Britain), Marnie McBean (Canada) and last year Jueri Jaanson of Estonia. To view the full list of winners to date, please click here.

The award will be presented on 26 May 2012 at the 2012 Samsung World Rowing Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland. It will be presented by Dominik Keller, the son of Thomas Keller, and Denis Oswald, president of FISA.