European Rowing
EUROPEAN ROWING BOARD STATEMENT ON ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE AT EUROPEAN ROWING EVENTS
Statement for European Rowing Member Federations regarding AINs:
At a meeting on Saturday, 15 March 2025, the European Rowing Board reviewed the decision by the World Rowing Executive Committee, announced on Monday, 10 March 2025, to extend the conditions allowing a limited number of eligible athletes holding a Russian or Belarusian passport to compete as Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) in additional boat classes at the 2025 World Rowing events.
As in 2023 and 2024, the ERB agreed to align its Neutrality Criteria and processes with World Rowing, allowing a limited number of athletes to compete as Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs) in specific boat classes at the 2025 European Rowing events, including U19, U23 and Coastal, as well as the Senior Championships.
This decision was not reached unanimously by the Board, acknowledging that its impact is most profoundly and directly felt by the federations within the European Rowing Confederation. Whilst we understand that this decision is particularly sensitive for some countries, we assure you that the conditions for participation will remain similar as they were in 2024, within an extremely strict framework of eligibility criteria:
1. Under the principle of absolute neutrality, including no flags, colours, anthems, uniforms, emblems or recognition of any sort – as defined in the Recommended Condition of Participation for Individual Neutral Athletes from the IOC;
2. Background checks will be performed should they be required by World Rowing;
3. An enhanced anti-doping control process operated by the International Testing Agency (ITA);
4. A limited number of boat classes as outlined below:
2025 European Rowing Under 19 Championships (Kruszwica, POL): – all events except 8+.
2025 European Rowing Under 23 Championships (Račice, CZE): – all events except 8+.
2025 European Rowing Championships (Plovdiv, BUL): – 1x, 2- and 2x events only, including lightweight and Para.
2025 European Rowing Club Coastal Championships (Antalya, TUR): – No clubs from RUS or BLR will be allowed to participate at the 2025 ERCC Antalya (TUR). RUS and BLR Nationals who are not resident in RUS or BLR and are members of non-RUS/non-BLR registered Rowing clubs in foreign countries will be allowed to participate. Such clubs maybe asked to confirm the membership of these participants.
2025 European Rowing Coastal Championships (Antalya, TUR) – solos and doubles
2025 European Rowing Beach Sprint Championships (Antalya, TUR) – U19: solos and doubles – Seniors: solos and doubles
ERB, 18 March 2025
What is European Rowing?
The European Rowing Confederation (referred to as European Rowing) is the organisation that represents the 46 European national rowing federations, including Israel, and is recognised by World Rowing as the Continental Confederation for Europe. It is governed by the European Rowing Board and based at the World Rowing Offices in Lausanne. European Rowing convenes a General Assembly each year at the European Championships, an annual gathering of European national federation Presidents and interim meetings as required.
European Rowing Board
The European Rowing Board (ERB) is made up of seven members, four of whom are nominated by the national federations and elected at the General Assembly and three nominated by the World Rowing Council and ratified by the General Assembly. Its duties are set out in the ERC Statutes and include monitoring and managing the staging of the European Rowing Championships, the European Rowing Junior, U23, Indoor and Championships and other European Rowing events. It also supports the development and promotion of rowing across the European continent and between European national federations, and works closely with World Rowing on dates of competitions to ensure a coherent calendar of events for the sport.
European Rowing Events
The European Rowing Championships were staged almost annually from 1893 to 1973 after which they evolved into the World Rowing Championships. A European Championships event was reintroduced into the international rowing calendar in 2007. In 2013, the championships were moved to an early season spot and thus have become an integral event for many teams. In 2008, the European Rowing Junior Championships were introduced. In 2015 nearly 500 athletes from 31 nations participated. The European Indoor Rowing Championships has now been established in cooperation with Concept2 and the potential is already evident. The European Rowing Under 23 Championships were introduced in 2017 with the first event taking place in Kruszwica, Poland which saw participation from 401 athletes from 30 countries. European Rowing was part of the inaugural European Sports Championships, Glasgow, Great Britain, in 2018. The ERB remains active in the European sports scene to help promote rowing in all of its forms within Europe.
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President
Annamarie PHELPS
Great Britain
Annamarie joined the ERMB in May 2017. She is Vice Chair of the British Olympic Association and co-Chair of the Global Executive of the IWG on Women and Sport 2022-2026.
In 2021 Annamarie was elected to the Executive Committee of the European Olympic Committees and appointed as Chair the EOC Gender Equality Commission. She is an Associate Consultant to Safe Sport International, a member of the IOC Olympic Education Commission and the IPC Legal and Ethics Committee. She is a Steward of Henley Royal Regatta; a Board Director of Head of the Charles Regatta, USA, and Chair of Cambridge University Boat Club. Annamarie was Chair of the British Horseracing Authority 2019-2022 and British Rowing 2013-2018 and was previously Vice Chair of Paralympics GB.
Annamarie learnt to row at university and competed at World Championships in LW4- and W8+, winning gold in 1993 and silver in 1991, 1992 and 1994. She represented Great Britain in W8+ at the Atlanta Olympic Games, 1996.
Members
Patrick ROMBAUT
Belgium
Vice-President
Patrick has served on the ERMB as a FISA Council representative since 2006. He started competitive rowing in 1970, was member of the Belgian national team between 1973-1978 and 25-times national champion. He has served the Belgian Rowing Federation for over two decades as Treasurer, Vice-president and as President (1989-1993 and 1997-2001).
Patrick (co)-chaired the OC’s of all World and European Rowing events organised In Hazewinkel between 1995-2015 and is regatta director of the annual Ghent International May-regatta. Patrick served as President of the Coupe de la Jeunesse 1989-2001 and auditor of the Match des Seniors/The Nations Cup, 1992- 2004. He was awarded the title of Honorary President of the Belgian Rowing Federation and the Coupe de la Jeunesse.
In 1988 he became FISA International Umpire and joined FISA’s Umpiring Commission in 1991, taking on the role of Chair in 2001. Patrick was elected to the FISA Executive Committee in 2014.
Eva SZANTO
Hungary
Secretary
Dusan MACHACEK
Czech Republic
Dušan joined the European Rowing Board in January 2019. He was elected as President of the Czech Rowing Federation in 2014, after 13 years as Vice President. A member of the Czech national team, 1984-1992, Dušan won silver (M4+, 1989) and bronze (M2+, 1991) medals at senior World Rowing Championships alongside a number of national titles.
After studying Economics and Healthcare Dušan has built a career in the pharmaceutical industry. He serves as Medical Commission Secretary to the Czech Olympic Committee, alongside his commitment to the development and promotion of Czech Rowing. He has led the organising committees of three major European and World Rowing events as well as acting as Vice President of both a World and European Canoe Championships (2015-2018) at Račice, where he chairs the Board of the National Olympic Centre of Water Sports. Dušan was appointed European Continental Representative for World Rowing in 2022 and is a Member of the World Rowing Council.
Dušan is currently Vice President of VK Blest Rowing Club 1879 and supported the FISA Tokyo 2020 Qualifications Working Group. He enjoys running, masters, coastal and indoor rowing, cross country skiing and cycling.
Asuncion LORIENTE
Spain
Asunción Loriente was the President of the Spanish Rowing Federation from 2018-2025, being the only woman who chaired a Spanish Olympic Federation and one of the two that holds this position in a National Sports Federation. She started rowing at Club de Mar de Castropol in 1981. Before being elected president of the National Federation, she was member of different commissions, as the ones concerning women and rowing or referees. In addition, she has been international rowing referee since 2004. Also, due to her federative work, Loriente is member of the Executive Committee of the Spanish Sports Council and the European Rowing Board. She has recently been appointed president of the Integration and Cooperation Commission of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE).
Neville TANZER
Switzerland
Neville was elected to the ERB in August 2022 and formally joined the board on 1 January 2023.
In 2012, Neville was elected to the Vice-Presidency of the Swiss Rowing Federation for an 8-year term and in 2020 was elected as President for a 4-year term. As Vice-President of Swiss Rowing, he was the official delegate to the Coupe de la Jeunesse as well as responsible for all matters related to ethics within the Swiss federation. From 2007 until 2019, he was President of the Forward Rowing Club Morges on the shores of Lake Geneva.
Neville started rowing at the age of 10 in Switzerland and went on to compete at university level in the UK. For over 40 years, he has been rowing on and off in the Masters’ category on Lake Zürich and Lake Geneva.
Algirdas RASLANAS
Lithuania
Algirdas has served on the ERB since 2006. He has been a commission member at World Rowing since 1997, serving on the Equipment and Materials Commission for six years before joining the Youth Commission and World Rowing Council in 2003.
Following a long career in physical education and educational science, including a number of senior government-appointed roles in national sport, Algirdas was appointed Professor at Vytautas Magnus University, Vilnius, and now chairs the Board of the Education Academy. He has previously been head of Bicycle and Shooting Sports, a lecturer at Rowing, Sailing and Tourism and Dean of the General Faculty of the Lithuanian National Institute of Physical Education as well as a number of senior roles at Vytautas Magnus University.
Algirdas was a member of the Lithuanian Rowing Team 1978-1979 and a Master of Sports of the USSR, 1978. He was an Executive Committee Member at the Lithuanian Rowing Federation 1988-2002 and Chef de Mission for Lithuania for four Olympic Games: Sydney, Athens, Beijing and London.
2025 European Rowing Confederation General Assembly
2025 ERC General Assembly Provisional Agenda at 28.02.2025
2025-ER-GA-ERB-Nomination-Form
2024 European Rowing Confederation General Assembly
- 2024 ERC General Assembly Provisional Agenda at 14.02.2024
- 2024 ERC General Assembly Agenda at 02.04.2024
- 2024-ER-GA-ERB-Nomination-Form
- 2024 ERC General Assembly Agenda at 27.03.2024
- Item 5 – ERC Annual Report 2023
- Item 9_2024 ERB Nomination_ESP_Asuncion Loriente
- Item 9_2024 ERB Nomination_TUR_Erhan Erturk
- Item 10 – 2024 European Rowing Rules, Regulations & Bye-laws (adopted 2018-2021-2023 – proposal 2024) – clean
- Item 10 – 2024 European Rowing Rules, Regulations & Bye-laws (adopted 2018-2021-2023 – proposal 2024) – tracked changes
- Item 11 – European Rowing Strategic Priorities 2025-2028
2023 European Rowing Confederation General Assembly
- 2023 ERC General Assembly Agenda at 25.04.2023
- 2023 ER GA ERB Nomination Form
- Item 4_Minutes of the 2022 European Rowing Confederation General Assembly
- Item 4_Minutes of the 2022 European Rowing Extraordinary General Assembly
- Item 5_ERC Annual Report 2022
- Item 8_2023 ERB Nomination_HUN_Eva Szanto
- Item 9_Amendments to Rule 25_ER GA Bled May 2023
- Item 9_Amendments to ER Indoor Rowing Rules
- Item 10_Outcomes_European Rowing_Presidents meeting_2023
2022 European Rowing Confederation Extraordinary General Assembly
- Agenda item 5 ERC EGA 240922
- ERC Constitution PROPOSED 240922
- ERC Extraordinary GA_Agenda at 24.08.2022
2022 European Rowing Confederation General Assembly
- ERC General Assembly Agenda at 13.07.2022
- ERC GA 2021_Minutes_F
- ER Annual Report 2021
- 2022 ERB Nomination_GRE_Ioannis Vrampas
- 2022 ERB Nomination_SUI_Neville Tanzer
- Item 8. Proposed Rule Change GA2022
2021 European Rowing Confederation General Assembly
- Item 10a Proposed 2021 European Rowing Championships Rules and event Regulations at 27.10.21
- Item10b Proposed 2021 European Rowing Indoor Championships Rules and Event Regulations 27.10.21
- Item10c Proposed 2021 European Rowing Coastal Championships Rules and Event Regulations 27.10.21
- 2021 ERB and Chair Nominations
- 2021 European NRFs Gen Assembly Agenda
- 2020 European NRFs Gen Assembly Minutes
- 2020 Annual Report ERC
2020 European Rowing Confederation General Assembly
- 2020 European NRFs Gen Assembly DRAFT Agenda 10.09.20
- ERB 2019 Annual Report Final
DRAFT MINUTES 2019 ERC Extraordinary - General Assembly Ottensheim 10.09.20
- DRAFT MINUTES 2019 European NRFs General Assembly 10.09.20
2019 European Rowing Confederation General Assembly
- 2019 European NRFs General Assembly Agenda 01.05.19
- ERB 2018 Annual Report
- Draft Minutes 2018 European NRFs Ext Gen Assembly Berlin
- DRAFT Minutes 2018 European NRFs General Assembly
- ERC Resolution to agree transitional arrangements 22.11.18
- Eva Szanto – ERB Nomination Form 2019
- Ryszard Stadniuk – ERB Nomination Form 2019
- European Championships Statistics 01 May 19
- European Rowing Championships Rules of Racing and Event Regulations F 22.11.18
2018 European Rowing Extraordinary General Assembly
- ERC Draft Resolution to agree transitional arrangements – 14.11.18
- European Ext GA Calling Notice 2018 Berlin – Updated 05.09.18
- 2018 European NRFs Ext Gen Assembly Provisional Agenda DRAFT – Updated 5.09.18
- Draft European Rowing Confederation Constitution – 5.09.18 for comments
- Proposed European Rowing Championships Rules of Racing and Event Regulations – DRAFT at 05.09.18
2018 European General Assembly
- 2018 European NRFs General Assembly Agenda – as of 09.07.18
- Luciano Magistri – Nomination Form 2018
- Nebojsa Jevremovich – Nomination Form 2018
- DRAFT Minutes May 2017 European NRFs General Assembly – Updated 4.06.18
- 2017 ERMB Annual Report DARFT – Updated 4 June 2018
2017 Extraordinary General Assembly
- 2017 ERMB Extraordinary General assembly Attendance Form London
- 2017 European NRFs Ext Gen Assembly Agenda London 07.11.17
- Calling Notice London
- European Statutes PROPOSED CHANGES at 07.11.17
- Proposed AUT 2017 European EGA
- Proposed NED 2017 European EGA
- Proposals GBR 2017 European EGA
- Proposals ROU 2017 European EGA
2017 European General Assembly
- 2017 European NRFs General Assembly Agenda
- ERMB 2016 Annual Report
- ERMB Application Form Annamarie Phelps GBR 2017
- ERMB Application Rolf Warnke GER 2017
2016 European General Assembly
- Attendance Form for 2016 European General Assembly
- 2016 European General Assembly
- Delegates Sign-in Sheet Brandenburg 2016
- Minutes May 2016 European NRFs General assembly
2015 European General Assembly
- DRAFT Minutes May 2015 European NRFS General Assembly
- 2015 European General Assembly AGENDA 200215
- ERMB Nomination – Eva Szanto
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2014 European General Assembly
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2020 European Rowing Presidents Meeting Agenda
2019 European Rowing Events – Overall Bulletin
European Rowing Confederation Constitution – Approved 22.11.18
ERC Presidents Meeting – March 2019
European NF Presidents Meeting – March 2019
European NF Meeting – Linz WRC II June 2018
ERC Resolution to agree transitional arrangements – 22 Nov 2018