2013 World Rowing Award winners

An unbeaten year in the women's single sculls helped earn Australia's Kim Crow the accolade of Female Rower of the Year. An unbeaten season and unprecedented domination gave the award for Male Crew of the Year to New Zealand's men's pair of Eric Murray and Hamish Bond. Two World Championship titles propelled Johan Flodin into the top echelons of coaching and earned him the Coach of the Year Award. Becoming World Champions made Gavin Bellis and Kathryn Ross of Australia stand out enough to win the Para Crew of the Year while long-serving vice-president of FISA, Anita DeFrantz is awarded the Distinguished Services to International Rowing.

2013 World Rowing Coach of the Year: Johan Flodin, Norway
Johan Flodin comes from Sweden but it his role as Norway's head coach that earns him this award. At the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, Korea, Flodin was the coach behind two World Championship titles. Both the men's double sculls and lightweight men's double sculls took gold, one of Norway's best ever results at a World Rowing Championships. Flodin's coaching mastery saw his men's double of Nils Jakob Hoff and Kjetil Borch hardly medal during the season before pulling off the gold when it really counted. Similarly the lightweight double of Kristoffer Brun and Are Strandli did not take first place all season, until the most important race, the World Rowing Championships.

Flodin took up the Norwegian coaching role following the 2012 Olympic Games. Prior to this he coached in Sweden where he helped take women's single sculler Frida Svensson to World Championship success in 2010.

2013 World Rowing Male Crew of the Year: Eric Murray & Hamish Bond, New Zealand, men's pair
The unmatched winning streak by Eric Murray and Hamish Bond just keeps getting longer. It began in 2009 and this year it earned them the record of the most consecutive wins in the history of rowing at 16. But what makes this crew truly stand out is they don't just win, they dominate giving this boat class the reputation of all other crews having to race for second. This domination has also earned the pair a World Best Time which came during the heats at the 2012 Olympic Games.

Murray, 31, and Bond, 27, changed coaches this year from New Zealand's top coach Dick Tonks to men's sweep coach Noel Donaldson and the new coaching approach appears to have done them no harm.

This is the second time that Murray and Bond have won this award.

2013 World Rowing Female Rower of the Year: Kim Crow, Australia, women's single sculls
Kim Crow became the darling of the Australian team following her two-medal haul at the 2012 London Olympics – in the women's double sculls and the women's single. Then Crow, 28, went on to show that she's no one-season-wonder by fighting her way into the 2013 season following an injury and winning every race that she entered.

At this year's World Rowing Championships Crow became a World Champion for the first time, beating Olympic Champion Mirka Knapkova in the process.

2013 World Rowing Para Crew of the Year: Gavin Bellis & Kathryn Ross, Australia, TA mixed double scull
Amongst a host of talent nominated for this year's Para Crew award, Gavin Bellis and Kathryn Ross have come out on top. The duo formed a partnership last year and competed at the Paralympic Games where they finished fifth. This year Bellis and Ross put it all together at the World Rowing Championships to win the gold.

Ross, the more accomplished member of the crew, has done two Paralympic Games. In 2008, with her former partner, she finished second. Ross also has previous World Championship medals, but 2013 is the first time for her in the gold medal spot.

2013 World Rowing Distinguished Service to International Rowing: Anita DeFrantz, United States
Anita DeFrantz rowed to a bronze medal at the 1976 Olympic Games and continued rowing in preparation for the 1980 Olympics. When the United States boycotted these Games, DeFrantz led the protest against this decision by suing then President Carter. DeFrantz has remained involved in rowing throughout her life. She held a leading position in the organising committee of the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games and became an IOC member in 1986. She has been the vice-president of FISA for 20 years, a member of the United States Olympic Committee board and a member of the IOC Executive Board as well as serving as IOC vice-president for four years. DeFrantz was elected to the IOC's Executive Board last September in Buenos Aires.