World Rowing Indoor Championships
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Championship founded in 2018
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Indoor rowing |
| Established | 2018 |
| Administrator | World Rowing |
The World Rowing Indoor Championships is an indoor rowing championship competition organised by World Rowing. The competition has been held annually since 2018. There have been championships organized in venues and with virtual formats.
The first edition in Alexandria in the USA saw 2,527 participants from 23 countries competing, including Para rowers.[1]
The 2023 competition in Toronto, Canada was the first time a hybrid (virtual and in-person) competition was available to athletes.[2] It was also the first time the Versa Challenge provided qualified athletes the opportunity to compete for the title of the most fit 'versatile' indoor rower in the world.[2] [3] Athletes competed in four surprise versa challenges over two days.[4] Finland's Joel Naukkarinen and America's Elizabeth Gilmore [5] earned the most points in the Men's and Women's Versa Challenge in February 2023.[4]
Venues
[edit ]| Year | Location |
|---|---|
| 2018 | United States Alexandria |
| 2019 | United States Long Beach |
| 2020 | France Paris |
| 2021 | Virtual |
| 2022 | Virtual |
| 2023 | Canada Toronto |
| 2024 | Czech Republic Prague |
| 2025 | Virtual[6] |
| 2026 | Virtual[7] |
Medallists
[edit ]Men
[edit ]5,000 m
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Benjamin Reuter (GER) | Tomasz Cichocki (POL) | Artem Zakharov (UKR) |
Lightweight 5,000 m
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Vaclav Valek (CZE) | Tamas Bence (HUN) | Jesús González Álvarez (ESP) |
2,000 m
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Jakub Podrazil (CZE) | Joel Naukkarinen (FIN) | Thomas Phifer (USA) |
| 2019 | Oliver Zeidler (GER) | Arne Landboe (USA) | Alexander Richards (USA) |
| 2020 | Alexander Vyazovkin (RUS) | Barnabe Delarze (SUI) | Matthieu Androdias (FRA) |
| 2021 | Ward Lemmelijn (BEL) | Bartosz Zablocki (POL) | Chirill Visit Chi-Sestakov (MDA) |
| 2022 | Ward Lemmelijn (BEL) | Alexander Vyazovkin (RUS) | Joel Naukkarinen (FIN) |
| 2023 | Oliver Zeidler (GER) | Ward Lemmelijn (BEL) | Jakub Podrazil (CZE) |
| 2024 | Ward Lemmelijn (BEL) | Michal Szpakowski (POL) | Jakub Podrazil (CZE) |
| 2025 | Ward Lemmelijn (BEL) | Jakub Podrazil (CZE) | Joel Naukkarinen (FIN) |
Lightweight 2,000 m
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Artur Mikołajczewski (POL) | Matthias Taborsky (AUT) | Alistair Bond (NZL) |
| 2019 | Jason Osborne (GER) | Martino Goretti (ITA) | Alex Twist (USA) |
| 2020 | Pierre Houin (FRA) | Thibault Colard (FRA) | Martino Goretti (ITA) |
| 2021 | Florian Roller (GER) | Martino Goretti (ITA) | Boudina Sid Ali (ALG) |
| 2022 | Florian Roller (GER) | Boudina Sid Ali (ALG) | Ahmet Rapi (SWE) |
| 2023 | Jiri Simanek (CZE) | Florian Roller (GER) | Moritz Marchart (GER) |
| 2024 | Florian Roller (GER) | Jiri Simanek (CZE) | Jerzy Kowalski (POL) |
| 2025 | Afonso Duarte Costa (POR) | Joao Santos (POR) | Álvaro Alvedro (ESP) |
1000 m
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Andrea Panizza (ITA) | Thomas Vinther (DEN) | Seyed Mohammad Hossein Salehi (IRI) |
Lightweight 1000 m
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | André Dias (POR) | Ales Manuel Papacek (CZE) | Markus Ilmarinen (FIN) |
500 m
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Phil Clapp (GBR) | Joel Naukkarinen (FIN) | Vincent Matz (FRA) |
| 2021 | Phil Clapp (GBR) | Anton Bondarenko (UKR) | Joel Naukkarinen (FIN) |
| 2022 | Phil Clapp (GBR) | Cameron Wharram (CAN) | Anton Grassi (SVK) |
| 2023 | Phil Clapp (GBR) | Cameron Wharram (CAN) | Matt Snare (USA) |
| 2024 | Joonas Kuivalainen (FIN) | Thomas Wilson (GBR) | Chris Scott (GBR) |
| 2025 | Joonas Kuivalainen (FIN) | Matt Snare (USA) | Spyridon Kalentzis (GRE) |
Lightweight 500 m
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Adrien Decriem (FRA) Damián Alonso (ESP) |
Michal Zawadzki (POL) | |
| 2021 | Benjamin Smith (AUT) | Martino Goretti (ITA) | William Legge (AUS) |
| 2022 | Mohamed Kota (EGY) | Chen Sensen (CHN) | Daniel Satch (GBR) |
| 2023 | Giovanni Ficarra (ITA) | José Daniel Martínez López (ESP) | Mohamed Kota (EGY) |
| 2024 | Mohamed Kota (EGY) | Francisco Pizana Iniesta (ESP) | Ahmed Meshref (EGY) |
| 2025 | Joonas Mäkipelto (FIN) | Adham Maghoub (EGY) | Amirreza Ebdali (IRI) |
1 hour
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Benjamin Reuter (GER) | Joel Naukkarinen (FIN) | Tom Solesbury (GBR) |
1 minute
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Thomas Vinther (DEN) | Andrea Panizza (ITA) | Anders Edquist (SWE) |
Lightweight 1 minute
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Joonas Makipelto (FIN) | Mohammad Abdul Rehman (PAK) | Youssef Abdelaziz (EGY) |
Team
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 (3 minutes) | Finland 1 (FIN) | Egyptian National Team (EGY) | UK Armed Forces (GBR) |
| 2022 (3 minutes) | Finland (FIN) Egyptian Rowing Federation (EGY) |
No Rowing For Old Men (GBR) | |
| 2023 (2000m) | The International Men of Mystery | No Rowing For Old Men (GER) | Team FINLAND (FIN) |
| 2024 (2000m) | The International Men of Mystery | Team FINLAND (FIN) | Czech Team (CZE) |
| 2025 (2000m) | Team FINLAND (FIN) | NewWave Crossfit (GBR) | Gym Mettle (USA) |
Team Relay 5000m
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Team FINLAND (FIN) | NewWave Crossfit (GBR) | Titans of Piraeus (GRE) |
Team Relay 1000 m
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kouvolan Soutajat / Team Finland (FIN) | FIN (FIN) | SILVERBACKS TEAM (GRE) |
Women
[edit ]5,000 m
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Lina Belanger (CAN) | María Ángeles Macian (ESP) | Terje Leola (EST) |
Lightweight 5,000 m
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Elena Chevrier Da Costa (POR) | Jillian Tovey (GBR) | Sarita Kristina Hansen (DEN) |
2,000 m
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Olena Buryak (UKR) | Luisa Neerschulte (GER) | Rui Ju (CHN) |
| 2019 | Olena Buryak (UKR) | Brooke Mooney (USA) | Tracy Eisser (USA) |
| 2020 | Olena Buryak (UKR) | Helene Lefebvre (FRA) | Elodie Ravera (FRA) |
| 2021 | Kirsten Kline (USA) | Sophie Souwer (NED) | Marilou Duvernay Tardif (CAN) |
| 2022 | Zhang Peixin (CHN) | Lv Yang (CHN) | Olena Buryak (UKR) |
| 2023 | Olena Buryak (UKR) | Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski (CAN) | Sydney Payne (CAN) |
| 2024 | Pavlina Flamikova (CZE) | Anna Santruckova (CZE) | Kathryn Mole (GBR) |
| 2025 | Elizabeth Gilmore (USA) | Louise Lefebvre (FRA) | María Ángeles Macian (ESP) |
Lightweight 2,000 m
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Christine Cavallo (USA) | Emily Schmieg (USA) | Kathryn Schiro (USA) |
| 2019 | Justine Reston (GBR) | Katelin Guregian (USA) | Toni Harding (USA) |
| 2020 | Laura Tarantola (FRA) | Marie Margot Joannes (FRA) | Jilly Tovey (GBR) |
| 2021 | Paula Pankratiew (POL) | Olga Svirska (LAT) | Krimi Khadija (TUN) |
| 2022 | Min Yang (CHN) | Jiaqi Zou (CHN) | Lai Weijuan (CHN) |
| 2023 | Krimi Khadija (TUN) | Silke Tamborijn (BEL) | Elisa Arcara (ITA) |
| 2024 | Bruna Parente (POR) | Barbora Podrazilova (CZE) | Zoe Dickson (DEN) |
| 2025 | Martyna Radosz (POL) | Bruna Parente (POR) | Nourelhoda Arafa (EGY) |
1000 m
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Adelle Ader (EST) | Elizabeth Gilmore (USA) | Sophie Souwer (ITA) |
Lightweight 1000 m
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Martyna Radosz (POL) | Meriam Mamieliekova (UKR) | Inés Olivera (POR) |
500 m
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Olena Buryak (UKR) | Lucie Giraud (FRA) | Rhian Rudkin (GBR) |
| 2021 | Ana do Carmo Caldas (POR) | Joanne Clapp (GBR) | Bianca Piloseno (USA) |
| 2022 | Bianca Piloseno (USA) | Olena Buryak (UKR) | Jade Lally (GBR) |
| 2023 | Olena Buryak (UKR) | Sonja Pentola (FIN) | Clara Hogan (IRL) |
| 2024 | Iida Niemi (FIN) | Sarah Maria Johansen (DEN) | Emma Simpson (GBR) |
| 2025 | Stefanie Preiksa (AUS) | Ella Fox (USA) | Kees Karpatskij (FIN) |
Lightweight 500 m
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Jilly Tovey (GBR) | Laura Barrigan (GBR) | Selma Dhaouadi (FRA) |
| 2021 | Anna Hughes-Davies (GBR) | Krimi Khadija (TUN) | Rouba Amina (ALG) |
| 2022 | Jiaqi Zou (CHN) | Tan Jinlian (CHN) | Nourelhoda Arafa (EGY) |
| 2023 | Krimi Khadija (TUN) | Sarita Kristina Hansen (DEN) | Laura Barrigan (GBR) |
| 2024 | Sarita Kristina Hansen (DEN) | Laura Allen (GBR) | Nourelhoda Arafa (EGY) |
| 2025 | Meriam Mamieliekova (UKR) | Sarita Kristina Hansen (DEN) | Nourelhoda Arafa (EGY) |
1 hour
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Margit Haahr Hansen (DEN) | Ghada Ibrahim (EGY) | Larysa Zhalinska (UKR) |
1 minute
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Var Guriadottir Hansen (DEN) | Irmelin Olsson (SWE) | Kees Karpatskij (FIN) |
Lightweight 1 minute
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Tatiana Melamed (AIN) | Carolina Leonhardt (ARG) Jillian Tovey (GBR) |
Team
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 (3 minutes) | Egyptian National Team (EGY) | Finland (FIN) | Danish Masters Team (DEN) |
| 2022 (3 minutes) | Finland (FIN) | British Army (GBR) | Mannheim-Karlsruhe (GER) |
| 2023 (2000m) | Team FINLAND (FIN) | Nordisch by Nature (GER) | Team Live2Row (USA) |
| 2024 (2000m) | Team FINLAND (FIN) | Sexy Erg Screens | Impeccable Transitions |
| 2025 | Team FINLAND (FIN) | Impeccable Transitions | Swift Strokes 2.0 |
Team relay 5000m
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (2000m) | Team FINLAND (FIN) | Golden Horseshoe Rowing (CAN) | Rowers' Relay: Forward to Victory (UKR) |
Team Relay 1000 m
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Les gravelinoises (FRA) | NW GRL PWR | Czech Erg Power (CZE) |
Mixed
[edit ]5,000 m team relay
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Team FINLAND (FIN) | Silverbacks Team (GRE) | UKS MOS Elk (POL) |
2,000 m team relay
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Finland 1 (FIN) | Egyptian National Team (EGY) | Concept Fitness |
| 2022 | Egyptian National Team (EGY) | Finland (FIN) | British Army (GBR) |
| 2023 | Team FINLAND (FIN) | Freespeed | KSA Team Mix (KSA) |
| 2024 | Team FINLAND (FIN) | Freespeed | Dream Team 2024 |
1,000 m team relay
[edit ]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.7kW | FIN (FIN) | Estonian DryRowers (EST) |
References
[edit ]- ^ "Thousands take part in first Rowing Indoor World Championships". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2026年01月23日.
- ^ a b "2023 World Rowing Indoor Championships – Row The North" . Retrieved 2023年03月23日.
- ^ "World Rowing - Introducing: The World Rowing Versa Challenge". World Rowing. Retrieved 2023年03月23日.
- ^ a b "World Rowing - 2023 World Rowing Indoor Championships". World Rowing. Archived from the original on 2021年04月07日. Retrieved 2023年03月23日.
- ^ "World Rowing - March 2023: Elizabeth Gilmore". World Rowing . Retrieved 2026年01月10日.
- ^ "British athletes shine at the 2025 World Rowing Indoor Championships". British Rowing . 2025年02月25日. Retrieved 2026年01月10日.
- ^ "2026 World Rowing Virtual Indoor Championships, presented by Concept2". World Rowing . 2026年02月26日. Retrieved 2026年03月03日.