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Hermanus Brockmann
Hermanus Gerardus Brockmann (1871–1936), Dutch physician and rowing coxswain of club Nereus, won gold, silver, and bronze at Paris 1900 steering Minerva Amsterdam boats, but was replaced in the coxed pairs final by an unknown French boy.
Hermijntje Drenth
Hermijntje Drenth (Hermine Catherine Drenth), Dutch rower born 1994 in Arnhem, R.S.V.U. Okeanos and TeamNL; Olympic gold 2024 and world champion 2023 in the women's coxless four, also healthcare project manager at partzorg.
Holly Metcalf
Holly Metcalf (Harriet Morris Metcalf), American rower born 1958 in Providence, Rhode Island; won gold in the women's eight at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the first US women's rowing gold, then coached MIT and founded Row As One, G-ROW, and WeCanRow.
Horst Effertz
Horst Effertz (born 4 August 1938, Düsseldorf) is a German rower, Olympic gold medalist in the men's coxed fours at Rome 1960 for the Unified Team of Germany (6:39.12), and sixth in the coxless fours at Tokyo 1964.
Horst Hock
Horst Hock (Horst Höck/Hoeck, 1904–1969), German rower, Olympic gold medalist in the men's coxed fours at Los Angeles 1932 for the Berlin Rowing Club; his lost gold medal was found in 2015.
Horst Meyer
Horst Meyer (1941-2020), German rower, stroked the Deutschland-Achter; Olympic gold 1968 and silver 1964 in the men's eight, world champion 1962 and 1966, later a consultant and Hamburg's 2012 Olympic bid director.
Howard Kingsbury
Howard Kingsbury (Howard Thayer Kingsbury Jr., 1904–1991), American rower; won gold in the men's eights for the United States at the 1924 Paris Olympics as the six-oar of the Yale crew; father of 1948 bronze medalist Fred Kingsbury.
Hubert Caldwell
Hubert Augustus Caldwell (1907-1972), American rower from Oakland, California; seventh seat of the undefeated 1928 Cal/Berkeley eight that won the IRA Regatta, the Olympic Trials, and Amsterdam 1928 Olympic gold; later an engineer in Piedmont.
Hugh Edwards
Hugh "Jumbo" Edwards was a British rower and RAF officer who won Olympic gold in the coxless pairs and fours on the same day at the 1932 Los Angeles Games.
Hugh Foley
Hugh Miller Foley (1944-2016), American rower with Vesper Boat Club; won gold in the men's eights at Tokyo 1964, six US titles, 1967 Pan-Am coxed fours gold, later Boston University crew coach.
Hugo Boucheron
Hugo Boucheron (born 1993) is a French rower, Olympic champion in the men's double sculls at Tokyo 2020 with Matthieu Androdias, and world champion in 2018 and 2022; since 2025 he races the men's four.
Hugo Strauß
Hugo Strauß (Max Hugo Strauß), German rower (1907–1941), 1936 Berlin Olympic gold medalist in men's coxless pairs with Willi Eichhorn; Mannheimer RC member, founding president of Adler Mannheim's predecessor MERC, SS member killed on the Eastern Front.
Ian Turner
Ian Gordon Turner (1925-2010), American Olympic rower from Oakland, California; stroke seat of the UC Berkeley eight that won 1948 London Olympic gold in 5:56.7, brother of Dave Turner.
Igor Kravtsov
Igor Kravtsov (Игорь Александрович Кравцов), born 1973 in Magnitogorsk, is the Russian rower who won men's quadruple sculls gold at Athens 2004 (Russia's first Olympic rowing title) after placing eighth at Atlanta 1996.
Ilona Richter
Ilona Richter (later Richter-Dörfel, born 1953) is a German rower who won Olympic gold in the women's coxed eight for East Germany at Montréal 1976 and Moskva 1980, plus world titles in 1974, 1975, and 1977.
Ilse Paulis
Ilse Paulis (born 1993) is a retired Dutch rower, Olympic gold medalist in the lightweight double sculls at Rio 2016 with Maaike Head and bronze medalist at Tokyo 2020, now regatta director of the 2026 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam.
Imogen Grant
Imogen Grant (Imogen Daisy Grant, born 1996), British lightweight rower and doctor; Cambridge Boat Race winner, 2018 U23 world champion, Tokyo 2020 fourth, and Paris 2024 Olympic gold medallist in the lightweight double sculls with Emily Craig; MBE.
Ioana Badea
Ioana Badea, Romanian rower (born 1964, Odobești), also spelled Iona Badea; won 1984 Los Angeles Olympic gold in women's coxed quadruple sculls with the Steaua București crew in 3:14.11.
Ioana Olteanu
Ioana Olteanu (Călin), Romanian rower born 1966 in Dracsani, won women's eight silver at Barcelona 1992 and Olympic gold at Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000, plus 12 World Cup medals.
Ioana Papuc Rotaru
Ioana Papuc Rotaru (Ioana Cristina Papuc-Rotaru, born 1984, Câmpulung Moldovenesc) is a Romanian rower, women's eight specialist: Olympic gold Athens 2004, bronze Beijing 2008, fourth London 2012, plus three European titles.
Iulica Ruican
Iulica Ruican (Iulică Ruican), Romanian rower born 1971 in Cujmir; 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold in coxed fours and silver in eights, three world coxed-four titles, 7th at Atlanta 1996.
Ivo Stefanoni
Ivo Stefanoni (born 5 June 1936, Mandello del Lario) is an Italian rowing coxswain of Canottieri Moto Guzzi; Olympic gold in the coxed four at Melbourne 1956, bronze at Rome 1960, sixth in the eights at Tokyo 1964.
Iztok Cop
Iztok Čop, born 1972 in Kranj, is a Slovenian rower who competed at six Olympics, winning gold in the 2000 double sculls with Luka Špik, Slovenia's first Olympic gold, plus silver and two bronzes.
Jack Beresford
Jack Beresford (1899–1977), born Jack Beresford Wiszniewski, British oarsman who won medals at five consecutive Olympics 1920–1936 (3 gold, 2 silver), matching Redgrave's feat; son of 1912 silver medallist Julius Beresford.
Jack Brinck
Jack Brinck (John Manning Brinck, 1908-1934), American rower who won gold in the men's eights at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics for the UC Berkeley crew, later murdered in Texas.
Jacob Dawson
Jacob Dawson (born 1993, Plymouth) is a British rower, Leander Club, who won men's eight bronze at Tokyo 2020, gold at Paris 2024, and the 2023 world title after recovering from a Covid-related pulmonary embolism.
Jake Wetzel
Jake Wetzel (Jacob Wetzel), Canadian rower born 1976 in Saskatoon; three-time Olympian who won 2008 gold in the men's eight and 2004 silver in the coxless four for Canada after rowing for the United States at Sydney 2000.
James Cracknell
James Cracknell (born 1972, Sutton, England), British rower, double Olympic gold medallist in the coxless four (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004), six world titles; oldest Boat Race competitor at 46, winning with Cambridge in 2019.
James Macnabb
James Macnabb was a British rower who won the gold medal in the men's coxless four at the 1924 Paris Olympics and later coached both Cambridge and Oxford Boat Race crews.
James Rudkin
James Rudkin (James Alexander Rudkin, born 1994) is a British rower, 198 cm, who won gold in the men's eight at Paris 2024, bronze at Tokyo 2020, and two world and four European titles.