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Carsten Bunk
Carsten Bunk (born 1960, Berlin) is an East German rower, 1980 Moscow Olympic gold medalist in the men's quadruple sculls with Dundr, Heppner, and Winter; 1978 world single sculls champion.
Caryn Davies
Caryn Davies (born 1982, Ithaca, NY) is an American rower, stroke of the US women's eight, Olympic gold 2008 and 2012, silver 2004, four-time world champion, and first American to win the 2023 Thomas Keller Medal; founder of Podium Law.
Charles Burnell
Charles Desborough "Don" Burnell (1876-1969), English rower, 1908 London Olympic eights gold medalist with Leander Club, four-time winning Oxford Boat Race oarsman; father of 1948 champion Dickie Burnell.
Charles Chandler
Charles Chandler (1911–1982), full name Charles Robert Chandler, American Olympic rower; gold medalist in the men's eights for the University of California, Berkeley at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics; also names of a chemist, lawyer, and runner.
Charles Elwes
Charles (Charlie) Elwes, born 1997 in Randburg, South Africa, is a British rower, Leander Club, Yale and Oxford (Oriel). Olympic gold in the men's eight at Paris 2024, bronze at Tokyo 2020, two world and four European titles.
Charles Grimes
Charles Livingston Grimes (1935–2007), American rower and Yale crew member who won gold in the men's eights at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics; later a Harvard Law graduate and financial advisor.
Charlie Kieffer
Charlie Kieffer (Charles Mathias Kieffer, 1910-1975), American rower of Pennsylvania Barge Club, Philadelphia; Olympic gold in men's coxed pairs with Joe Schauers and cox Ed Jennings at the 1932 Los Angeles Games in 8:25.8.
Charlie Logg
Charlie Logg (Charles Paul Logg Jr., born 24 February 1931, Princeton, NJ), American rower; with Tom Price won 1952 Helsinki Olympic gold in coxless pairs for Rutgers, 8:20.70, "The Cinderella Kids".
Charlot
Charlot: name of two French Olympians. A rower listed only as Charlot won gold in the 1900 coxed fours for Cercle de l'Aviron Roubaix; Émmanuel Charlot (born 1966, Montbéliard) played water polo for France, 11th at Barcelona 1992.
Chen Yunxia
Chen Yunxia (陈云霞), born 1995, Chinese rower; Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold in women's quadruple sculls (6:05.13) with Zhang Ling, Lyu Yang, Cui Xiaotong; 2019 and 2022 world champion; now in double sculls.
Chick Stoddard
Chick Stoddard (Laurence Ralph Stoddard, 1903–1997), American rowing coxswain of the Yale eight that won gold in the men's eights at the 1924 Paris Olympics; later in shipping. Not the speed skater Corinne Stoddard.
Chira Apostol
Chira Apostol (Chira Irina Apostol-Stoian), Romanian rower born 1960 in Alexeni; Olympic gold 1984 Los Angeles women's coxed four (3:19.30) and world champion 1986 Nottingham; her only Olympics.
Chris Ahrens
Chris Ahrens (Christian Ahrens), born 1976 in Iowa City, Iowa, is an American rower who won gold in the 2004 Olympic men's eight and four world titles.
Christiane Knetsch-Köpke
Christiane Knetsch-Köpke (née Knetsch, born 1956), East German rower for SG Dynamo Potsdam; double Olympic gold medalist in the women's eight at Montreal 1976 and Moscow 1980, also 1975 world champion and 1978 world silver medalist.
Christine Roper
Christine Roper (Christine Faith Roper), Jamaican-born Canadian rower, 188 cm, Ottawa Rowing Club; won gold in the women's eight at Tokyo 2020 after finishing fifth at Rio 2016, with five world championship medals in the eight.
Christine Scheiblich
Christine Scheiblich, later Hahn-Scheiblich, East German rower born 1954 in Wilsdruff; first Olympic champion in women's single sculls, Montreal 1976 (4:05.56), and winner of the first four world titles in the event (1974, 1975, 1977, 1978).
Chuck Day
Chuck Day (Charles Ward Day, 1914-1962), American rower and University of Washington crew member who won gold in the men's eights at the 1936 Berlin Olympics; later a Navy doctor and Seattle gynecologist.
Clyde King
Clyde King: two Americans, Clyde Edward King (1924-2010), MLB pitcher, manager of Giants, Braves, Yankees, and Clyde Whitlock King (1898-1982), 1920 Olympic rowing gold medalist.
Conn Findlay
Conn Findlay (Francis Conn Findlay, 1930–2021), American rower and sailor from Stockton, California: two Olympic golds and a bronze in coxed pairs (1956, 1960, 1964), a 1976 Tempest sailing bronze, and America's Cup wins on Courageous.
Constanta Pipota Burcica
Constanța Pipotă-Burcică, Romanian rower born 1971 in Sohatu; three Olympic golds in lightweight double sculls (1996, 2000, 2004), silver 1992, bronze 2008, five world titles.
Constantine Louloudis
Constantine Michael Louloudis, British rower born 1991 in London; Olympic gold in the coxless four at Rio 2016, bronze in the eight at London 2012, two world titles in the eight, and four Oxford Boat Race wins.
Cui Xiaotong
Cui Xiaotong (崔晓桐), Chinese rower born 1994 in Dandong, Liaoning; stroke of the women's quadruple sculls. Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020 in a World Best Time 6:05.13, world titles 2019 and 2022, sixth at Paris 2024.
Dan Ayrault
Dan Ayrault (Arthur DeLancey Ayrault, Jr., 1935-1990), American rower, won Olympic gold in the coxed pair at Melbourne 1956 and the coxless four at Rome 1960; later a Seattle educator.
Dan Beery
Dan Beery (Daniel Beery, born 1975) is an American rower from Oaktown, Indiana, who won Olympic gold in the men's eight at Athens 2004 and three World Championship titles (2003, 2005, 2007).
Dan Williamson
Dan Williamson (Daniel Hunter Williamson, born 2000, Auckland) is a New Zealand rower, Olympic gold medallist in the men's eight at Tokyo 2020, seventh in the pair at Paris 2024, and later a Yale assistant coach.
Daniela Neunast
Daniela Neunast (born 1966, Potsdam) is a German rowing coxswain; Olympic gold in the women's eights for East Germany at Seoul 1988, bronze for Germany at Barcelona 1992, eighth at Atlanta 1996, plus four World Championship medals.
Darren Barber
Darren Barber (born 1968), Canadian rower, Olympic gold medalist in the men's eights at Barcelona 1992 by a record-close 0.14 seconds, fourth at Atlanta 1996, grandson of Syl Apps, later a physician.
Dave Dunlap
Dave Dunlap (David Coombs Dunlap, 1910-1994), American rower, Napa, California-born Berkeley graduate who won 1932 Olympic gold in the men's eight at Long Beach, beating Italy by 0.2 seconds, later a San Francisco attorney.
Dave Turner
Dave Turner (David Lindsay Turner, 1923-2015) was an American rower who won gold in the men's eight at the 1948 London Olympics for California, then a Navy and NOAA hurricane-hunter pilot holding the record for most hurricane flights.
Dave Wight
Dave Wight (David Henry Wight, 1934-2017), American Olympic rower born in London; won gold in the men's eights at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics in the second seat of the Yale eight; later a Yale-trained architect.