Nominations open for 2014 World Rowing Awards

For immediate release
Lausanne, 15 September 2014

The World Rowing Federation, FISA, is pleased to announce that public nominations are now open for the 2014 World Rowing Awards.

This is a chance for the public to have their say in who they believe were the outstanding performers this year in rowing. 

Nominations can be submitted in the following award categories:

• World Rowing Coach of the Year
• World Rowing Male Rower or Crew of the Year
• World Rowing Female Rower or Crew of the Year
• World Rowing Para-rowing Rower or Crew of the Year
• World Rowing Distinguished Service to Rowing Medal

Just one nomination can be made for each category. A crew can also represent an individual rower.

Nominations may be submitted until midnight (CET) 28 September 2014 online here. 

Once all of the nominations have been received, they will be reviewed by the FISA Council which will narrow the list down to finalists. The finalists will then be submitted to FISA’s Executive Committee which will decide on the winners in the five categories by 13 October 2014.

The award winners will be publically announced and the winners presented with their awards at the 2014 World Rowing Coaches Conference gala dinner on 8 November 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Last year’s winners were:

• 2013 World Rowing Female Crew of the Year: Kim Crow (AUS), women’s single sculls (W1x)
• 2013 World Rowing Male Crew of the Year: Eric Murray and Hamish Bond (NZL), men’s pair, (M2-)
• 2013 World Rowing Para-rowing Crew of the Year: Gavin Bellis and Kathryn Ross (AUS), TA mixed double sculls (TAMix2x)
• 2013 World Rowing Coach of the Year: Johan Flodin (NOR)
• 2013 World Rowing Distinguished Service to Rowing Medal: Anita DeFrantz (USA)