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Klaus Bittner
Klaus Bittner (born 23 October 1938, Görlitz) is a German rower of the Ratzeburg-Kiel "Goldachter" who won Olympic gold in the men's eight at Rome 1960, the first non-US eights gold since 1900, and silver at Tokyo 1964.
Klaus Dieter Ludwig
Klaus-Dieter Ludwig, nicknamed Lucky, East German rowing coxswain (1943-2016); Olympic silver in coxed fours at Munich 1972, gold in the eights at Moscow 1980, and seven World Championship medals.
Klaus Dieter Neubert
Klaus-Dieter Neubert (born 1949, Oberwiesenthal) is an East German rowing coxswain, Olympic gold medalist in the men's coxed pair at Munich 1972 with Gunkel and Lucke, fourth at Mexico 1968, later a GDR foreign-trade official.
Klaus Kroppelien
Klaus Kröppelien (born 1958, Rostock) is a German rower, 1980 Moscow Olympic gold medalist in the men's double sculls with Joachim Dreifke, also world champion 1979 (quadruple sculls) and 1981 (double sculls).
Klaus Riekemann
Klaus Riekemann (born 19 May 1940, Dorsten) is a German rower, Olympic gold medallist in the coxed fours at Rome 1960 for the Unified Team of Germany, twice European coxed pair champion (1958, 1959), later a masters rower with Minerva Bath Rowing Club.
Koen Metsemakers
Koen Metsemakers (born 1992, Hasselt, Netherlands) is a retired Dutch rower, stroke of the men's quadruple sculls; two-time Olympic champion (Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024), 2019 European and world champion, retired June 2025 for a surgical career.
Koos Maasdijk
Koos Maasdijk (Jacob Arnold Maasdijk, born 1968, Rotterdam) is a Dutch rower of club Skadi who won gold in the men's eight at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and finished fifth in the quadruple sculls at Barcelona 1992.
Kristen Kit
Kristen Kit is a Canadian rowing coxswain, born in 1988, who won gold in the women's eight at Tokyo 2020 and silver at Paris 2024.
Kristen Thorsness
Kristen (Kris) Thorsness, born 1960 in Anchorage, Alaska, is an American rower and lawyer who won gold in the women's eight at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the first U.S. women's crew to win Olympic gold, and later became a Title IX attorney and CAS arbitrator.
Kristina Mundt
Kristina Mundt (Mundt-Richter), born 1966 in Merseburg, German rower; double Olympic champion in the women's quadruple sculls for East Germany (Seoul 1988) and Germany (Barcelona 1992), plus 1985 and 1994 world titles.
Kristine Norelius
Kristine Lee Norelius, American rower (born 1956, Seattle), gold medalist in the women's eight at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics (2:59.80) and three-time world championship silver medalist (1981-1983); 1980 boycotted US Olympic team member.
Kristof Wilke
Kristof Wilke (born 1985, Radolfzell am Bodensee) is a retired German rower, stroke of the Deutschlandachter, Olympic gold medalist in the men's eight at London 2012, three-time world champion (2009-2011), and Germany's closing-ceremony flagbearer in London.
Kurt Helmudt
Kurt Helmudt (1943-2018), Danish rower of Roforeningen KVIK, won gold in the coxless fours at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, European silver 1964, and World bronze 1970; later a shipbuilding engineer.
Kurt Moeschter
Kurt Moeschter (Fritz Hermann Kurt Moeschter, 1903-1959), German rower of Berliner RK Hellas; with Bruno Müller won coxless pairs gold at Amsterdam 1928 in 7:06.4, Germany's first Olympic rowing gold, plus German titles 1927-29.
Kurt Seiffert
Kurt Seiffert (Armin Kurt Seiffert, born 21 December 1935, Detroit) is an American rowing coxswain who won 1956 Melbourne Olympic gold in the coxed pair with Conn Findlay and Dan Ayrault and raced the coxed fours at Rome 1960.
Kyle Hamilton
Kyle Hamilton (born 1978) is a Canadian rower, UBC Thunderbirds affiliate, who won gold in the men's eight at Beijing 2008 and world titles in 2002, 2003, and 2007; also the name of a Ravens safety.
Larisa Aleksandrova Popova
Larisa Aleksandrova-Popova (Лариса Александрова-Попова), born 1957 in Tiraspol, is a Moldovan rower who won gold in the 1980 Moscow Olympic double sculls with Yelena Khloptseva, the first Olympic title for Moldova, plus 1976 silver and three world championships.
Lauren Henry
Lauren Henry (born 2001, Rugby, England) is a British rower, Leicester Rowing Club, Olympic gold in the women's quadruple sculls at Paris 2024, and first British woman to win World Championship gold in the women's single sculls (Amsterdam 2026).
Lauren Schmetterling
Lauren Schmetterling is an American rower who won gold in the women's eight at the 2016 Rio Olympics and three straight world titles from 2013 to 2015.
Laurent Porchier
Laurent Porchier, born 1968 in Bourg-de-Péage, is a French rower, Olympic gold medalist in the men's lightweight coxless four at Sydney 2000 with Bette, Hocdé, and Dorfman, plus four World medals and a 2001 lightweight eight world title.
Lauritz Schoof
Lauritz-Johannes Schoof (born 1990, Rendsburg) is a German rower, double Olympic champion in the men's quadruple sculls at London 2012 and Rio 2016, 2015 world champion, now a cardiology physician in Hamburg.
Lennart van Lierop
Lennart van Lierop (Leonard van Lierop), Dutch rower born 1994, A.A.S.R. Skøll; Olympic gold 2024 men's quadruple sculls, 2023 European single sculls champion, 2023 world quad champion, 2026 men's four silver.
Leonard Carpenter
Leonard Griswold Carpenter (1902-1994), Minneapolis-born American rower, won gold in the men's eight at the 1924 Paris Olympics rowing bow seat for the Yale crew, then led a Minnesota lumber company.
Lesley Thompson Willie
Lesley Thompson-Willie, Canadian rowing coxswain born 1959 in Toronto, won five Olympic medals (gold, Barcelona 1992 women's eight) over a record-tying eight Games and 10 world championship medals.
Leslie Wormald
Leslie Graham Wormald (1890-1965), English rower, Magdalen College Oxford and Leander Club; won gold in the men's eights for Great Britain at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics; won three Boat Races; Military Cross recipient.
Lew Wilson
Lew Wilson, full name Lindsay Edward Wilson, is a New Zealand rower who won gold in the men's eight at the 1972 Munich Olympics and bronze in 1976.
Lewis Clive
Lewis Clive (1910–1938), British rower and Labour politician; won Olympic gold in the coxless pairs with Hugh Edwards at Los Angeles 1932, later killed fighting for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War.
Liam Corrigan
Liam Corrigan (born 1997, Toronto) is an American rower, stroke of the US men's coxless four that won gold at Paris 2024 in 5:49.03, the first US win in the event since 1960; Harvard and Oxford educated.
Liane Weigelt Buhr
Liane Weigelt Buhr (Liane Buhr, born 1956, Pritzwalk) is a German rowing coxswain who won Olympic gold in the women's coxed quadruple sculls for East Germany at Montreal 1976 and Moscow 1980, plus world titles in 1974, 1975, and 1979.
Liliana Gafencu
Liliana Gafencu, Romanian rower (born 1975), triple Olympic champion in the women's eight at Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, and Athens 2004 with Dinamo București; also world champion in the eight in 1997 and 1998.