Saturday Racing at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Linz Ottensheim
Grace Prendergast (b), Kerri Gowler (s), Women's Pair, New Zealand, 2019 World Rowing Championships, Linz Ottensheim, Austria

World Rowing Women’s Crew of the Year

The winner of the 2019 World Rowing Women’s Crew of the Year Award was the New Zealand Women’s Pair. The crew members are Grace Prendergast and Kerri Gowler.

What is the World Rowing Women’s Crew of the Year Award?

The World Rowing Women’s Crew of the Year Award is awarded annually to a woman rower or a women’s crew for their outstanding rowing achievement. The winner(s) have to be a woman or women’s crew that has won a World Champion title in the current year but hasn’t won this award in previous years.

 

How do you make a nomination and who will judge the nominations?

The first stage is a public nomination, which will then be revised by the Athlete & Coach Awards Panel whom will determine a short list of nominees and recommend a winner, where thereafter the Executive Committee will make the final decision.

 

When will the award be presented?

The award will be presented at the annual World Rowing Awards function.

 

Previous Winners

2019  Grace Prendergast and Kerri Gowler NZL W2-
2018  Agnieszka Kobus-Zawojska, Marta Wieliczko, Maria Springwald and Katarzyna Zillmann  POL W4x
2017  Jeannine Gmelin SUI W1x
2016 Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozlowska and Natalia Madaj POL W2x
2015 Helen Glover and Heather Stanning GBR W2-
2014 Emma Twigg NZL  W1x
2013 Kim Crow  AUS W1x
2012 Anna Watkins and Katherine Grainger GBR W2x
2011 Alexandra Tsiavou and Christina Giazizdou GRE LW2x
2010 Anna Watkins and Katherine Grainger GBR W2x
2009 Erin Cafaro and Zsuzsana Francia USA W2-
2008 Erin Cafaro, Lindsay Shoop, Anna Goodale, Eleanor Logan, Anna Cummins, Zsuzsana Francia, Caroline Lind, Caryn Davies and Mary Whipple USA W8+
2007 Katherine Grainger, Frances Houghton, Debbie Flood and Annie Vernon GBR W4x
2006 Ekaterina Karsten BLR W1x
2005 Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell NZL W2x
2004 Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski GER W1x
2003 Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell NZL W2x
2002 Rumyana Neykova BUL W1x