EVENT DESCRIPTION

The top event of the year for the Under 23 rowers in the ‘Classic Discipline’ is the World Rowing Under 23 Championships (WRU23CH). There are 22 boat classes to compete in, including eight lightweight boat classes, and the Championships usually attract up to 1000 rowers from around the world. The 2025 World Rowing Under 23 Championships will take place 23-27 July in Poznan, Poland.

EVENTS OFFERED

The following events are offered at the 2025 World Rowing Under 23 Championships: Under 23 Men (BM): 1x, 2x, 2-, 4x, 4-, 4+, 8+ Under 23 Women (BW): 1x, 2x, 2-, 4x, 4-, 4+, 8+ Under 23 Lightweight Men (BLM): 1x, 2x, 2-, 4x Under 23 Lightweight Women (BLW): 1x, 2x, 2-, 4x *boat classes will be confirmed at the 2025 World Rowing Congress

ENTRIES AND ACCREDITATION

Entries and accreditation must be made online through: https://www.worldrowing.swisstiming.com/ For any questions regarding the entry and accreditation process please contact registration@worldrowing.com.

ELIGIBILITY

World Rowing Championships are open to all Member Federations. A rower may compete in an Under 23 event until 31st of December of the year in which they reach the age of 22. Athletes must be eligible under the relevant rules. To represent a country in a World Rowing Championship, a competitor shall be a citizen of that country. He or she must be able to prove this by showing an official document (passport or identity card). In exceptional cases, the Executive Committee may make exceptions. Rowers may only compete at the World Rowing Championships if they have submitted a signed commitment form, according to Article 56. Each team official must have submitted a signed commitment form to World Rowing before accreditation may be issued at a World Rowing event.

ABOUT THE VENUE

Lake Malta regatta course is located in the centre of Poznan. It is one of the most modern venues in the world and over the last twenty years has hosted large international events in water sports, including World Rowing Cups in 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2024, the European Rowing Championships in 2007, 2015 and 2020 and the World Rowing Championships in 2009. Poznan is located in west-central Poland along the Warta River. It is the fifth largest city amongst one of the oldest cities in Poland. The origins of the first Poznan rowing club go back to the year 1904. Its initiator and founder was Maciej Wierzbinski who settled then in Poznan after a long-term stay in England. In 1912 the Tryton Poznan Association was established, and in 1919 the Students’ Sport Association began life. In the same year the Polish Federation of Rowing Associations (Polski Zwiazek Towarzystw Wioslarskich, PZTW) was established in Poznan. It was one of the first sports federations created in the reborn Poland, and was founded by 13 sports clubs. In 1924 Polish rowers took part in the 9th Olympic Games in Paris for the first time, entering two crews, a single and a four, into competition. They won their first Olympic medal (bronze) during their second Olympic appearance in 1938. The rowers returned to the European Championships after the Second World War in 1947, in Lucerne.

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