For the love of rowing. Maillard wins the 2019 Filippi Spirit Award.
His dedication to rowing and his clear demonstration of the core values of rowing helped make Jean Maillard the 2019 Filippi Spirit Award winner.
His dedication to rowing and his clear demonstration of the core values of rowing helped make Jean Maillard the 2019 Filippi Spirit Award winner.
With all eyes focused on the 2019 World Rowing Championships last month, you can be forgiven for forgetting to mark the anniversary of a coxed four race that took place 150 years ago.
In between racing at the European Rowing Championships, a Filippi eight was presented to 2018 Filippi Spirit Award winner Amidu Silva.
World Rowing is pleased to announce that nominations are now open for the 2019 Filippi Spirit Award and Thomas Keller Medal.
The colourful flash of foreign uniforms and the clatter of coxswains’ calls in a half dozen different languages – the unmistakable sights and sounds of a race with global reach – were on full display at this year’s Zhengzhou Longzi Lake University Regatta in China.
