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Archie Mackinnon
Archie Mackinnon (Archibald Alan MacKinnon, 1937-2026), Canadian rower, bow of UBC's Cinderella Four that won Canada's first Olympic rowing gold at Melbourne 1956; also silver in the eights at Rome 1960 and Commonwealth gold in 1958.
Armin Eichholz
Armin Eichholz (born 1964, Duisburg) is a German rower, engineer, and manager; Olympic gold in the men's eight at Seoul 1988 for West Germany, bronze at Barcelona 1992, and 1991 world champion in the coxed four.
Arthur Stockhoff
Arthur Stockhoff (Arthur Martin Stockhoff, 1879-1934) was an American dentist and rower for St. Louis's Century Boat Club who won 1904 Olympic gold in the men's coxless fours with Dietz, Erker, and Nasse.
Aurica Chirita Barascu
Aurica Chirita Barascu (Aurica Chiriță-Bărăscu), Romanian rower born 1974 in Nicorești; Olympic gold in the women's eight at Athens 2004, world champion 1999, three world silvers, European champion 2007.
Avalon Wasteneys
Avalon Wasteneys (born 1997) is a Canadian rower, stroke seat of the women's eight that won Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020 and silver at Paris 2024, with 2022 world bronze.
Babe Rockefeller
Babe Rockefeller, James Stillman Rockefeller (1902–2004), American rower and banker; won 1924 Olympic gold in men's eights for the USA, later president of National City Bank, grandson of William Rockefeller.
Bahne Rabe
Bahne Rabe (1963-2001), German rower and stroke of the Deutschland-Achter; Olympic gold in the men's eight at Seoul 1988, bronze at Barcelona 1992, world coxed-four champion 1991; died of pneumonia after anorexia.
Banner Johnstone
Banner Carruthers Johnstone (1882–1964), nicknamed Bush, English oarsman; won 1908 Olympic gold in the men's eights for Leander Club, rowed in four Cambridge Boat Races, later Daily Telegraph rowing correspondent.
Beate Schramm
Beate Schramm (born 1966) is a German rower, 1988 Seoul Olympic champion in the women's quadruple sculls for East Germany, and four-time world double sculls champion (1986, 1989, 1990, 1991); 12th in single sculls at Barcelona 1992.
Beau Hoopman
Beau Hoopman (born 1980, Sheboygan, Wisconsin) is an American rower, gold medalist in the men's eight at Athens 2004 and bronze medalist at Beijing 2008, now head coach of Wisconsin men's rowing.
Ben Hunt Davis
Ben Hunt Davis (Benjamin Hunt-Davis, born 1972) is a British rower, MBE, who won gold in the men's eight at Sydney 2000, Britain's first win since 1912, and later co-founded the consultancy Will It Make The Boat Go Faster?.
Ben Rutledge
Ben Rutledge (born 1980, Cranbrook, BC) is a Canadian rower, Olympic gold medallist in the men's eight at Beijing 2008 (5:23.89), fifth at Athens 2004, three-time world champion (2002, 2003, 2007), now a Rowing Canada coach.
Bernard Malivoir
Bernard Malivoir(e), French rowing coxswain (1938–1982), won gold in men's coxed pairs at Helsinki 1952 steering Salles and Mercier in 8:28.6; at 14, the youngest gold medalist of those Games; died in a traffic accident.
Bernd Baumgart
Bernd Baumgart (born 1955, Lutherstadt Wittenberg) is a retired East German rower, SC DHfK Leipzig, who won gold in the men's coxed eight at the 1976 Montreal Olympics in 5:58.29; retired 1979, became a sports teacher.
Bernd Eichwurzel
Bernd Eichwurzel (born 1964, Oranienburg) is a German rower who won Olympic gold in the men's coxed four for East Germany at Seoul 1988 and three world titles (1986, 1987, 1990) with SG Dynamo Potsdam.
Bernd Krauß
Bernd Krauß (born 1953, Plauen) is a German rower, not to be confused with Bernd Krause; he won Olympic gold in the men's eights for East Germany at Moscow 1980 and the 1979 world eights title.
Bernd Landvoigt
Bernd Landvoigt (born 1951), East German rower, twin brother of Jörg; coxless pair Olympic gold 1976 and 1980, bronze eight 1972, four world titles, 179 wins in 180 races; later DRV coach in Potsdam.
Bernd Niesecke
Bernd Niesecke (born 1958, Brandenburg an der Havel) is an East German rower, 1988 Seoul Olympic gold medallist and three-time world champion in the men's coxed four; he missed Los Angeles 1984 due to the boycott.
Bernhard Britting
Bernhard Britting (born 1940, Berlin), West German rower with Berliner Ruder-Club; Olympic gold in the coxed four at Tokyo 1964 for the Unified Team of Germany, also 1962 world and 1963 European champion.
Bert Bushnell
Bert Bushnell (Bertram Harold Thomas Bushnell, 1921-2010), British rower, Maidenhead RC; won 1948 London Olympic gold in men's double sculls with Dickie Burnell in 6:51.3; later ran a hire-cruiser business.
Betsy Beard
Betsy Beard (Elizabeth Ann Beard-Stillings, born 1961, Baltimore) is an American coxswain who won Olympic gold in the women's eight at Los Angeles 1984, placed sixth at Seoul 1988, and took 1987 World Championship silver.
Bianka Schwede
Bianka Schwede (Borrmann), born 1953 in Dresden, East German rower with SC Einheit Dresden; won gold in the women's coxed fours at the 1976 Montréal Olympics, East Germany's first female rowing gold, and world eights titles in 1974-1975.
Bill Becklean
Bill Becklean (William Russell Becklean, born 23 June 1936, Kansas City, Missouri) is an American rowing coxswain who won gold in the men's eight at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics after coxing Yale's crews.
Bill Carr (olympedia 40578)
Bill Carr (William John Carr, 1876-1942), Irish-born American rower with Philadelphia's Vesper Boat Club; won gold in the men's eights at the 1900 Paris Olympics. Not the 1932 sprinter Bill Carr.
Bill Jordan
Bill Jordan (William Conrad Jordan, 1898-1968) was an American Olympic rower, not the Realtree founder or Richmond coach of the same name. He won gold in the 1920 Antwerp men's eight for the US Naval Academy, then led Curtiss-Wright and Hughes Aircraft.
Bill Knecht
Bill Knecht (William Joseph Knecht, 1930–1992), American rower, Vesper Boat Club; 1964 Olympic gold in eights, 1960 Olympian in double sculls, three Pan Am golds, and creator of the Cooper River rowing course.
Bill Miller (William Garfield "Bill"•Miller)
William Garfield "Bill" Miller (1905–1985), American rower of Philadelphia's Pennsylvania Barge Club; two Olympic silvers, coxless fours 1928 and single sculls 1932 behind Bobby Pearce; distinct from the pole vaulter and javelin Bill Millers.
Bill Thompson
Bill Thompson (William Gluyas Thompson, 1908–1956), American rower from Napa, California, who won gold in the men's eights for the United States at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics rowing for Cal, Berkeley; distinct from Don, Daley, and William Thompson.
Bill Varley
Bill Varley (William Michael Varley, 1880–1968), American rower of New York's Atalanta Boat Club; won 1904 St. Louis Olympic gold in double sculls and silver in coxless pairs with John Mulcahy.
Birgit Peter
Birgit Peter, married name Peter-Händle, is a German rower born in 1964 who won Olympic gold for East Germany in 1988 and unified Germany in 1992.