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Ed Graves
Ed Graves (Edwin Darius Graves, Jr., 1897–1986) was an American Naval Academy rower and Navy captain who won gold in the men's eight at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics as crew captain.
Ed Hedley
Ed Hedley (Edwin P. Hedley, 1864-1947), American rower of Philadelphia's Vesper Boat Club; won gold in the men's eight at the 1900 Paris Olympics and held Canadian and Schuylkill Navy sculling titles.
Ed Jennings
Ed Jennings (Edward Francis Jennings, 1898–1975), American rowing coxswain from Philadelphia; won coxed pairs gold at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and bronze at Paris 1924, not the South African runner Athol Jennings.
Ed Marsh
Ed Marsh (Edward Marsh, 1874–1932) was an American rower for Philadelphia's Vesper Boat Club who won gold in the men's eight at the 1900 Paris Olympics (6:07.8), won six U.S. and two Canadian titles, and later coached.
Ed Moore
Ed Moore (Edward Peerman Moore, 1897-1968), American Naval Academy rower who won 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold in the men's eights, later a US Navy rear admiral and Pacific Task Force chief of staff.
Ed Salisbury
Ed Salisbury (Edwin Lyle Salisbury, 1910-1986), American rower; stroke oar of the University of California eight that won the 1932 Olympic men's eights gold at Long Beach in 6:37.6, beating Italy by 0.2 seconds.
Edgar Burgess
Edgar Richard Burgess (1891-1952), British rower, not the swimmer Bill Burgess; won gold at bow in the Leander eight at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, stroked Oxford's 1913 Boat Race crew, later Sudan Political Service.
Edouard Candeveau
Édouard Candeveau (1898–1989), Swiss rower of SN Genève; Olympic gold in coxed pairs at Paris 1924 with Felber and Lachapelle, bronze at Antwerp 1920 with Piaget, and European titles 1922, 1923, 1929, 1931.
Eduardo Guerrero
Eduardo Guerrero (1928–2015), Argentine rower, Olympic gold in double sculls with Tranquilo Capozzo at Helsinki 1952; also rugby player and museum founder. Distinct from the Panamanian footballer and Dodgers infielder of the same name.
Edward Bevan
Edward Vaughan Bevan (1907-1988), British rower and doctor, won gold in the men's coxless fours at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics at bow, then practiced medicine in Cambridge with Rex Woods.
Egbert Hirschfelder
Egbert Hirschfelder (Egbert Christoph Hirschfelder), German rower, 1942-2022. West German Olympic champion: coxed four gold, Tokyo 1964; eight gold, Mexico City 1968; European champion 1963 and 1967; 1972 Munich flagbearer.
Elena Horvat
Elena Horvat (Ilona Horváth, later Florea), Romanian rower born 1958, Olympic gold in coxless pair with Rodica Arba at Los Angeles 1984 (3:32.60) and 1985 world champion at Hazewinkel; distinct from taekwondo's Lena Horvat and skier Leonarda Horvat.
Elio Morille
Elio Morille (1927–1998), Italian rower of Canottieri Moto Guzzi; Olympic gold in the men's coxless four at London 1948 with Moioli, Invernizzi, and Faggi, plus European titles 1947, 1949, 1950 and 12 Italian titles.
Elisabeta Oleniuc Lipa
Elisabeta Oleniuc Lipă, Romanian rower (born 1964, Siret), most decorated Olympic rower with 8 medals (5 gold) across six Games 1984–2004; 1989 single sculls world champion; later Romanian Rowing Federation president.
Elle Logan
Elle Logan (Eleanor Logan, born 1987) is an American rower from Boothbay Harbor, Maine, who won Olympic gold in the women's eight at Beijing 2008, London 2012, and Rio 2016, the first US female rower with three Olympic golds.
Émile Delchambre
Émile Henri Delchambre (1875–1958), French rower from Roubaix, Cercle de l'Aviron Roubaix; won gold in the men's coxed fours at the Paris 1900 Olympics in 7:11.0 with Cau, Bouckaert, Hazebrouck, and cox Charlot.
Emile Lachapelle
Émile Lachapelle (Émile Henri Lachapelle, 1905–1988), Swiss rower of SN Genève, won gold in coxed pairs and coxed fours at Paris 1924, then sailed Ylliam VII to 7th at London 1948.
Emily Craig
Emily Craig (born 1992), British rower, MBE; 2024 Olympic champion in the lightweight women's double sculls with Imogen Grant at Paris, the event's final Olympic edition; retired March 2025.
Emily Regan
Emily Regan (born 1988, Buffalo, NY) is an American rower who won Olympic gold in the women's eight at Rio 2016 and world titles in 2013, 2015, and 2018 after taking up rowing as a Michigan State walk-on.
Emma Twigg
Emma Twigg (born 1987, Napier, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rower, five-time Olympian, and 2014 world champion in the women's single sculls, with Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020 and silver at Paris 2024.
Ercole Olgeni
Ercole Olgeni (1883-1947), Venetian Italian rower in the coxed pair; with Giovanni Scatturin won Olympic gold at Antwerp 1920 (7:56.0, Italy's first rowing gold) and silver at Paris 1924.
Eric Johannesen
Eric Johannesen (born 1988, Oberhausen) is a German rower, Olympic champion in the men's eight at London 2012, silver at Rio 2016, world champion 2011, four-time European champion 2013-2016 with the Deutschland-Achter; brother of Torben Johannesen.
Erik Petersen
Erik Petersen (1939-2025), Danish rower of Roforeningen KVIK Copenhagen; won gold in the men's coxless fours at Tokyo 1964 with Hansen, Helmudt, and Hasløv, plus 1964 European silver and 1970 world bronze.
Erin Cafaro
Erin Cafaro (Erin Cafaro MacKenzie), born 1983 in Modesto, California, is an American rower with Olympic gold in the women's eight at Beijing 2008 and London 2012, three World Championship golds, and a later career in clinical psychology.
Ernst Hoppenberg
Ernst Hoppenberg (1878–1937), German swimmer, Bremer SV 1885; first Olympic backstroke champion, winning 200 m backstroke (2:47.0) and team gold at Paris 1900; record stood until 1964; ISHOF honoree 1988.
Esther Lofgren
Esther Lofgren (Esther Ruth Lofgren), American rower born 1985 in Long Beach, California; Harvard/Radcliffe graduate who won gold in the women's eight at London 2012, four World Championships titles, and set three world records.
Eugen Sigg
Eugen Sigg (1898–1994) was a Swiss rower who won two medals at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris: gold in the coxed four and bronze in the coxless four.
Ewart Horsfall
Ewart Horsfall (Ewart Douglas Horsfall, 1892–1974), British rower nicknamed Dink; Olympic gold in men's eights at Stockholm 1912 and silver at Antwerp 1920; also Boat Race winner and 1948 British rowing team manager.
Federica Cesarini
Federica Cesarini (born 1996, Cittiglio) is an Italian lightweight rower of Fiamme Oro who won Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold in the lightweight double sculls with Valentina Rodini, Italy's first women's rowing gold, and later moved to beach sprint rowing.
Felix Badcock
Felix Badcock (John Charles Badcock, 1903–1976), British Olympic rower of Thames Rowing Club; silver in the eights at Amsterdam 1928 and gold at stroke in the coxless fours at Los Angeles 1932; husband of swimmer Joyce Cooper.