Nominate your most exceptional rower now!

Anyone can send in a nomination for the rower they think is most deserving of this outstanding honour. Simply fill in the nominations form including a detailed justification of your selection and return it to FISA by 23 February.

The award recognises an exceptional rowing career as well as exemplary sportsmanship. The finalists will be selected on Friday 9 March 2007 and the 18-carat gold Thomas Keller medal will be presented on Sunday 15 July during the Rowing World Cup final in Lucerne, Switzerland.

To download the nomination form, click here.

For more information please contact Marion Gallimore, FISA Marketing and Communications Manager at marion.gallimore@fisa.org or tel.: +41 21 617 83 73.

Thomas Keller Medal recipients

1990 Alf Hansen (NOR)
1991 Thomas Greiner (GER)
1994 Yuri Pimenov (RUS)
1996 Francesco Esposito (ITA)
1996 Nikolai Pimenov (RUS)
1996 Rolf Thorsen (NOR)
1997 Giuseppe Abbagnale (ITA)
1997 Carmine Abbagnale (ITA)
1997 Jana Sorgers (GER)
1997 Thomas Lange (GER)
1998 Kerstin Koeppen (GER)
1998 Roland Baar (GER)
1999 Silken Laumann (CAN)
1999 Kathleen Heddle (CAN)
2001 Steve Redgrave (GBR)
2002 Marnie McBean (CAN)
2003 Peter Antoine (AUS)
2004 Nico Rienks (NED)
2005 Matthew Pinsent (GBR)
2006 Agostino Abbagnale (ITA)