27 Jan 2012
World Rowing announces the 2009 Awards winners
This year also marks the launch of the Adaptive Crew of the Year Award.
Six rowing personalities shall be honoured this year to recognise their outstanding performance throughout the 2009 World Rowing season.
The winners of this year’s awards are:
2009 World Rowing Coach of the Year
Tom Terhaar – Head Women’s Coach, USA
2009 World Rowing Female Crew of the Year
Erin Cafaro, Susan Francia – USA Women’s Pair (W2-)
2009 World Rowing Male Crew of the Year
Mahe Drysdale – NZL Men’s Single (M1x)
2009 World Rowing Adaptive Crew of the Year
Tom Aggar – GBR Adaptive Men’s Single (ASM1x)
2009 World Rowing Distinguished Service to International Rowing
Don Rowlands – NZL
The awards will be handed out on the occasion of the 2010 World Rowing Gala Dinner, which is to take place during the annual Coaches Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark on Saturday 23 January 2010.
For the first time this year, the World Rowing award nominations were submitted by the general public. Finalists were selected by the FISA Council and the winners were carefully chosen by FISA’s Executive Committee during a meeting last month.
About the 2009 World Rowing awards winners
| 2009 World Rowing Coach of the Year
Tom Terhaar – USA |
USA Women’s head coach since 2001, Terhaar’s achievements this year include the W2- and W8+ gold medals in the World Rowing Championships. Past achievements with the US women’s team also include world champion titles in the women’s eight in 2007 2006 and 2005, 2002. His crews also achieved World Championship titles in W4- (2007 and 2003), W8+ Olympic gold in 2008 (the first gold medal in this event since 1984) and Olympic silver in 2004 (first medal since 1984). |
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| 2009 World Rowing Male Crew of the Year
NZL M1x |
Achievements in 2009 2009 World Champion 2009 RWC II – 1st 2009 RWC III – 1st Other achievements |
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| 2009 World Rowing Female Crew of the Year
USA W2- |
Achievements in 2009 Other achievements |
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| 2009 World Rowing Adaptive Crew of the Year
GBR ASM1x |
Achievements in 2009 2009 World Rowing Champion & WBT Other achievements |
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| 2009 World Rowing Distinguished Service to International Rowing
Don Rowlands – NZL |
Chairman of the 1978 World Championship Organising Committee in New Zealand, many considered this one of the best ever championships. His outstanding performance with the New Zealand organising committee earned him the Olympic Order medal in 1982. He has dedicated decades of Service to rowing in Oceania and is an Honorary FISA Council Member. Rowlands is a former New Zealand rower. He has a silver and gold medal from the 1950 and 1951 British Empire Games in the men’s eight and competed in the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne. He is still very actively involved in the sport. |