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Shaun Kirkham
Shaun Kirkham (born 1992, Hamilton, NZ) is a New Zealand rower, men's eight specialist; Rio 2016 sixth, Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold in 5:24.64, NZ's first eight gold since 1972; later SK Digital founder and Toyota Boshoku player-coach.
Sherm Clark
Sherm Clark (Sherman Rockwell Clark, 1899-1980), American rowing coxswain and Navy rear admiral; won gold in the eights and silver in the coxed fours at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics.
Sholto Carnegie
Sholto Carnegie (Sholto Hector Hawkshaw Carnegie), British rower born 1995, Leander Club; Olympic gold in the men's eight at Paris 2024, world champion 2022 and 2023, Yale graduate, Crew Connection co-founder.
Shorty Hunt
Shorty Hunt (George Elwood Hunt, Jr., 1916–1999), American rower, six seat of the University of Washington eight that won 1936 Olympic gold in Berlin; later a Seattle builder and Seabee.
Siegfried Brietzke
Siegfried Brietzke, East German rower (SC DHfK Leipzig), won Olympic gold at three straight Games: coxless pairs 1972 with Mager, coxless fours 1976 and 1980; also four world titles.
Simon Dennis
Simon Dennis (born 1976, Henley-on-Thames) is a British rower, MBE, who won gold in the men's eight at the 2000 Sydney Olympics; earlier bronze at the 1994 World Junior Championships; later a biology teacher and Imperial College coach.
Simon Niepmann
Simon Niepmann (born 1985) is a Swiss rower who won Olympic gold in the lightweight men's coxless four at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.
Simon Schurch
Simon Schürch (born 1990, Rothrist, Switzerland) is a Swiss lightweight rower of Seeclub Sursee; Olympic gold in the lightweight coxless four at Rio 2016 with Tramèr, Niepmann, and Gyr, fifth at London 2012, 2015 world and European champion.
Simone Raineri
Simone Raineri (born 1977), Italian rower, stroke of the gold-medal quadruple sculls at Sydney 2000 and silver at Beijing 2008; four-time Olympian with Fiamme Gialle, later Pararowing federal coach.
Siyka Kelbecheva Barbulova
Siyka Kelbecheva Barbulova (Сийка Келбечева-Барбулова), born 1951, Bulgarian rower; Olympic gold in women's coxless pairs at Montreal 1976 and bronze at Moscow 1980, both with Stoyanka Gruycheva.
Sizwe Ndlovu
Sizwe Lawrence Ndlovu (born 1980, Johannesburg) is a South African rower who stroked the lightweight four to gold at London 2012, the first Olympic rowing gold for South Africa and Africa; now a coach and Dakar 2026 Chef de Mission.
Sofia Corban Banovici
Sofia Corban Banovici, also Sofia Banovici or Sofia Corban, Romanian rower born 1956 in Drăgănești-Vlașca; Olympic gold in women's coxed quadruple sculls at Los Angeles 1984 after fourth at Moscow 1980.
Sophie Hosking
Sophie Hosking (Sophie Hannah Marguerite Hosking), born 1986 in Edinburgh, is a British retired rower who won lightweight women's double sculls gold with Kat Copeland at London 2012 in 7:09.30, took three world bronzes and a world silver, and received an MBE in 2013 before retiring to law.
Spencer Turrin
Spencer Turrin OAM (Spencer Alf Turrin, born 1991) is an Australian rower, Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medallist in the men's coxless four, two-time world champion (2017, 2018), three-time Olympian, and now Rowing Australia's Beach Sprint Coach.
Stan Cwiklinski
Stan Cwiklinski, full name Stanley Francis Cwiklinski, is an American rower born 1943 in New Orleans who won gold in the men's eight for the Vesper Boat Club at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and later served 23 years as a US Navy salvage officer.
Stanislav Lusk
Stanislav Lusk (1931–1987), Czechoslovak rower from Třeboň; Olympic gold in coxed four at Helsinki 1952, bronze in eights at Rome 1960, three Games, later coach and driver.
Stanley Garton
Stanley Garton (Arthur Stanley Garton, 1889-1948), British rower; won gold in the men's eights for Leander Club at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, won three Boat Races with Oxford 1909-11, three Henley Grand Challenge Cups, and coached the Oxford eight.
Stefan Semmler
Stefan Semmler, East German rower (born 1952, Zschopau), won Olympic gold in the men's coxless fours at Montréal 1976 and Moskva 1980, plus four World Championship titles (1974, 1975, 1977, 1979) with SC DHfK Leipzig.
Stefanos Ntouskos
Stefanos Ntouskos (Στέφανος Ντούσκος), Greek rower born 1997 in Ioannina; Olympic gold medalist in the men's single sculls at Tokyo 2020 (6:40.45, Olympic best time), Greece's first rowing gold; also competed at Rio 2016 and Paris 2024 and won the 2025 world title.
Stephan Mølvig
Stephan Mølvig is a retired Danish rower, born in 1979 in Odense, who won Olympic gold at Athens 2004 and two world titles in the lightweight coxless four.
Stephan Volkert
Stephan Volkert, born 1971 in Cologne, is a German rower who won Olympic gold in the quadruple sculls in 1992 and 1996 and bronze in 2000.
Steve Hawkins
Steve Hawkins (Stephen Mark Hawkins, born 1971, Hobart, Tasmania) is an Australian rower who won gold in the men's double sculls with Peter Antonie at Barcelona 1992, Australia's first Olympic rowing gold since 1948.
Steve Redgrave
Steve Redgrave (born 1962, Marlow) is a British rower who won five consecutive Olympic golds 1984–2000 plus a bronze, nine world titles, and later managed type 1 diabetes; knighted 2001, Steve Redgrave Fund founder.
Steve Trapmore
Steve Trapmore (Stephen Patrick Trapmore, born 1975, Hammersmith) is a British rower-turned-coach: Olympic gold as stroke of the GB men's eight at Sydney 2000, MBE 2001, Cambridge University Boat Club chief coach 2010-2018, and GB men's sweep lead coach whose eight won gold at Paris 2024.
Steve Williams
Steve Williams (Stephen David Williams, born 1976) is a British rower, double Olympic gold medalist in the men's coxless four at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, four-time world champion, and 2011 Everest climber; distinct from the 1984 Olympic ice dancer Stephen Williams.
Stoyanka Gruycheva Kurbatova
Stoyanka Gruycheva Kurbatova (Стоянка Груйчева-Курбатова), Bulgarian rower born 1955 in Starosel; Olympic gold in coxless pairs with Siyka Kelbecheva at Montreal 1976 and bronze at Moscow 1980.
Susan Francia
Susan Francia (Zsuzsanna Francia, born 1982, Szeged, Hungary) is an American rower with Olympic gold in the women's eight at Beijing 2008 and London 2012, five World Championship titles, and mother Katalin Karikó, the 2023 Nobel laureate.
Susanne Grainger
Susanne Grainger (Susanne Wereley), Canadian rower born 1990, in London, Ontario; Olympic gold medallist in the women's eight at Tokyo 2020, fifth at Rio 2016, retired November 2021.
Svetla Otsetova
Svetla Otsetova (Светла Христова Оцетова), Bulgarian rower born 1950 in Sofia; 1976 Montreal Olympic gold in women's double sculls with Zdravka Yordanova, world champion 1978, later architect of about sixty Olympic and World Rowing regatta courses.
Sybille Reinhardt
Sybille Reinhardt (born 1957, Pirna), also Sybille Reinhardt-Tietze, East German rower; Olympic gold in women's coxed quadruple sculls at Moscow 1980 (3:15.32), world titles 1974, 1977, 1979; later artist, author of Schattengold (2008).