The 2025 World Rowing Awards will take place 24 January 2026 in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Following public nominations, and based on the analysis of expert panels created for each of the awards, the Executive Committee has selected the finalists of the 2025 World Rowing Awards. The ceremony will be held on Saturday 24 January at 18:00 CET at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Rowing Programme of the Year

The “Rowing Programme of the Year” award : it underscores World Rowing’s commitment to expanding the international Rowing community, involving clubs, schools and universities more deeply, and highlighting their crucial role in developing the sport. Finalists :

Rowing for Health (Aviron Santé) – Lyon, France
Army Rowing Node – Pune, India
Refugee Integration Programme – Lancaster, United Kingdom

Artistic Contribution of the Year

The “Artistic Contribution of the Year” award highlights the intersection of athleticism and creativity, celebrating works that may include visual arts, music, literature, still or moving images, or any other artistic medium that reflects the spirit and beauty of Rowing. Finalists :

Rima Karaliene, Lithuania
Isabel Mayoral, Spain
Sabine Schaeuble, Switzerland

Men’s Crew of the Year (listed in alphabetical order by country name)

Stefanos Ntouskos, Men’s Single Sculls, Greece
Andrea Panizza, Giacomo Gentili, Luca Chiumento, Luca Rambaldi, Men’s Quadruple Sculls, Italy
Christopher Bak, Men’s Solo, United States of America

Women’s Crew of the Year

Linn Van Aanholt, Nika Vos, Lisanne Van Der Lelij, Vera Sneijders, Hermijntje Drenth, Ilse Kolkman, Ymkje Clevering, Tinka Offereins and Dieuwke Fetter, Women’s Eight, Netherlands
Emma Twigg, Women’s Solo, New Zealand
Magdalena Rusu, Simona Radis, Women’s Pair, Romania

Para Crew of the Year

Valentin Luz, Katrin Marchand, PR3 Mixed Double Sculls, Germany
Colin Wallace, Megan Hewison, Coastal Inclusion Mixed Double Sculls, Great Britain
Benjamin Pritchard, PR1 Men’s Single Sculls, Great Britain

Coach of the Year

Nicola Benavente, Great Britain
Diederik Simon, Netherlands
Dorin Alupei, Romania
Marc Oria, United States of America

Thomas Keller Medal

Damir Martin, Croatia
Ondrej Synek, Czechia
Annekatrin Thiele, Germany
Grace Prendergast and Kerri Williams, New Zealand
Ioana Vrinceanu, Romania
John Smith, South Africa

Distinguished Service to International Rowing

The winner of the Distinguished Service Award will be announced at the time of the Awards Ceremony.

2025 World Rowing Awards

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