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Filip Adamski
Filip Adamski (Filip Kamil Adamski), German rower born 1983 in Wroclaw; 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the men's eight and 2009 world champion in the same boat class.
Finn Florijn
Finn Florijn, Dutch rower (born 1999, Leiden), son of Ronald Florijn, brother of Karolien. Tokyo 2020 single sculls ended by COVID-19; gold in men's quadruple sculls at Paris 2024; world titles 2023 and 2025.
Finn Pedersen
Finn Pedersen (1925–2012), Danish rower from Roskilde Roklub; Olympic gold in coxed pairs at London 1948 with Tage Henriksen and cox Carl-Ebbe Andersen; 1954 European coxless pairs champion with Kjeld Østrøm; not the footballer or other namesakes.
Florian Mennigen
Florian Mennigen (born 1982, Ratzeburg) is a German rower, Olympic gold medalist in the men's eight at London 2012, three-time world champion (2009–2011), and 2008 Beijing Olympian; later a sport psychologist.
Florica Lavric
Florica Lavric (1962–2014), Romanian rower, won gold in the women's coxed four at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics with Fricioiu, Apostol, Homeghi-Bularda, and cox Ioja, plus World silvers in 1983 and 1985 and 1986 eight bronze.
Franco Faggi
Franco Faggi, born in Perledo in 1926, was an Italian rower who stroked the Moto Guzzi coxless four to gold at the 1948 London Olympics.
Franco Trincavelli
Franco Trincavelli (Abele Francesco Trincavelli, 1935–1983), Italian rower of Canottieri Moto Guzzi; Olympic gold in coxed fours at Melbourne 1956 and bronze at Rome 1960, plus European eights medals.
Francois Brandt
François Brandt (François Antoine Brandt, 1874–1949), Dutch rower; with Roelof Klein won the 1900 Paris coxed pairs, the first Dutch Olympic title, plus eights bronze; recognized by IOC only in 2012.
Frank Dundr
Frank Dundr, born Frank Butz in 1957, is a retired East German rower of SC Dynamo Berlin who won Olympic gold in the men's quadruple sculls at Moscow 1980 and world titles in 1977 and 1978.
Frank Forberger
Frank Forberger (1943–1998) was a German rower from Meißen, Saxony, who competed for East Germany and won Olympic gold in the coxless fours in 1968 and 1972.
Frank Frederick
Frank Frederick (Francis Harland Frederick, 1907–1968), American rower and UC Berkeley Golden Bear; won gold in the men's eight at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics; later a mining geologist; distinct from sprinter Frankie Fredericks.
Frank Greer
Frank Bartholomew Greer (1879-1943), American sculler of the East Boston Amateur Athletic Boat Club; won gold in the men's single sculls at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics in 10:08.50 and NAAO titles in 1903, 1905, and 1908.
Frank Hansen
Frank Hansen: Norwegian rower (born 1945, Oslo), Olympic double sculls gold 1976 with brother Alf and silver 1972 with Svein Thøgersen, three world titles; also Francis Louis Hansen, US bobsledder, 16th in four-man at Sarajevo 1984.
Frank Schell
Frank Reamer Schell (1884–1959), American rower with Vesper Boat Club, Philadelphia; won gold in the men's eight at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, beating Toronto Argonauts by three lengths, later a U.S. Army officer.
Frank Schepke
Frank Schepke (1935-2017), West German rower of ATV Ditmarsia Kiel; won men's eights gold at the 1960 Rome Olympics in 5:57.18 with brother Kraft; later NPD politician and Kannwas currency initiator.
Frank Shakespeare
Frank Shakespeare, born Franklin Bradford Shakespeare in 1930, is an American rower who won Olympic gold in the men's eight at Helsinki 1952 while a Naval Academy midshipman.
Fred Cresser
Fred Cresser (Frederick John Gräßer, 1872–1919), German-born American rower with Vesper Boat Club, Philadelphia; won gold in the men's eights at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics.
Fred Scarlett
Fred Scarlett (Alexander Frederick Yorke Scarlett, born 1975), British rower, Leander Club; won gold in the men's eight at Sydney 2000, Britain's first Olympic eights title since 1912, then retired.
Fred Sheffield
Fred Sheffield: Frederick "Fred" Sheffield (1902–1971), Yale oarsman and 1924 Paris Olympic gold medalist in the men's eights, later a New York lawyer and Carnegie Corporation chairman; also Frederick Jolley Sheffield (1923–2009), NCAA and BAA basketball player.
Frederick Kelly
Frederick Kelly refers to several Olympians: Frederick Septimus Kelly (1881–1916), Australian-born British rower, 1908 Olympic eight gold medalist, pianist and composer; Frederick Warren "Fred" Kelly (1891–1974), American 1912 Olympic 110 m hurdles champion; and Fred Kelly, Canadian 1972 cross-country skier.
Friedrich Wilhelm Ulrich
Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich, East German rower (born 1953, Packebusch), Olympic gold in men's coxed pair 1976 and 1980 with Harald Jährling and cox Georg Spohr; also world champion in the eights 1975, 1978, 1979; later coach in Saarland and Koblenz.
Gabi Lohs-Kühn
Gabi Lohs-Kühn (Gabriele Lohs, later Gabi Kühn), born 1957 in Dresden, East German rower; Olympic gold in women's coxed fours at Montréal 1976 and women's eights at Moskva 1980, plus 1977 world eights title.
Garrett Gilmore
Garrett Gilmore (William Evans Garrett Gilmore, 1895-1969), American sculler of Philadelphia's Bachelors Barge Club; 1924 Olympic single sculls silver behind Jack Beresford, 1932 Olympic double sculls gold with Ken Myers.
Garry Herbert
Garry Herbert (Garry Gerard Paul Herbert, born 1969) is the British coxswain who steered Greg and Jonny Searle to 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold in the coxed pair, later a barrister, Goldman Sachs banker, and BBC rowing commentator.
Gary Robertson
Gary David Robertson (born 1950, Oamaru, New Zealand) is a rower who won gold in the men's eight at the 1972 Munich Olympics; not the cricketer Gary Keith Robertson.
Gaston Mercier
Gaston Mercier (Gaston Antoine Mercier, 1932-1974), French rower for Société d'Encouragement du Sport Nautique, Nogent-sur-Marne; Olympic gold 1952 Helsinki coxed pair, bronze 1956 coxless four, fourth 1960 eights.
Gennady Korshikov
Gennady Korshikov (Геннадий Егорович Коршиков), born 1949 in Leningrad, Soviet rower; Olympic gold in men's double sculls at Munich 1972 with Aleksandr Timoshinin, fourth at Montreal 1976 with Yevgeny Barbakov.
Georg Spohr
Georg Spohr (born 1951, Magdeburg) is an East German rowing coxswain, not the composer Louis Spohr; he won Olympic gold in the men's coxed pairs at Montréal 1976 and Moscow 1980 with Ulrich and Jährling.
George Ahlgren
George Lewis Ahlgren (1928-1951), American rower for California Golden Bears, won gold in the men's eight at the 1948 London Olympics (5:56.7) in the number five seat; he died in a plane crash in Arizona aged 23.
George Dietz
George John Dietz (1880-1965), American rower of the Century Boat Club, St. Louis; won gold in the men's coxless fours at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics with Stockhoff, Erker, and Nasse; later Shardell Hotel manager.