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Ronald Sanderson
Ronald Harcourt Sanderson (1876-1918), English rower and Royal Artillery lieutenant-colonel; won 1908 Olympic gold in the men's eights for Leander Club and rowed in Cambridge's winning 1899 and 1900 Boat Races.
Ronny Rauhe
Ronny Rauhe (Ronald Rauhe, born 1981, West-Berlin) is a German sprint canoeist, six-time Olympian with five Olympic medals including K2 500 m gold at Athens 2004 and K4 500 m gold at Tokyo 2020, and Germany's Sport Minister of State from 2026.
Rory Gibbs
Rory Gibbs, British rower born 1994 in Akrotiri, Cyprus; Oxford Brookes oarsman. Fourth in the coxless four at Tokyo 2020, then Olympic gold in the men's eight at Paris 2024, plus two world and five European titles; now a mentor, speaker, and children's author.
Rosario Parmegiani
Rosario Parmegiani (1937-2019), nicknamed Freccia, was an Italian water polo player who won gold at the 1960 Rome Olympics as one of the 'Poker d'Assi', later coached Ligurian clubs and received CONI's Collare d'Oro in 2015.
Roscoe Lockwood
Roscoe Conkling Lockwood (1875–1960), American rower from Upper Pittsgrove, New Jersey; won gold in the men's eight for Vesper Boat Club at the Paris 1900 Olympics.
Rosemary Popa
Rosemary Popa is an Australian rower, born in 1991 in Victoria, who won gold in the women's coxless four at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and retired in 2022.
Ross Collinge
Ross Collinge (Ross Hounsell Collinge, born 1944, Lower Hutt) is a New Zealand rower, Olympic gold medallist in the coxed four at Mexico City 1968 and silver medallist in the coxless four at Munich 1972, also world eight bronze in 1975.
Ross Edgley
Ross Edgley, born 1985 in Grantham, England, is a British ultra-distance swimmer who became the first person to swim around Great Britain, a 157-day circumnavigation completed in 2018.
Rossano Galtarossa
Rossano Galtarossa (born 1972, Padua) is an Italian rower, Olympic gold medalist in the quadruple sculls at Sydney 2000, four-time Olympic medalist, four-time world champion in the Golden Quad, and president of the Italian Rowing Federation since 2026.
Roswietha Zobelt
Roswietha Zobelt, born Roswietha Reichel, is a German rower who won Olympic gold in the coxed quadruple sculls for East Germany at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics.
Roswitha Beier
Roswitha Beier (Roswitha Sonntag), East German swimmer born 1956 in Riesa, won silver in the 100 m butterfly and 4x100 medley relay at Munich 1972 and 200 m butterfly silver at the 1973 Belgrade World Championships.
Roswitha Esser
Roswitha Esser (born 1941, Bad Godesberg) is a West German sprint canoeist who won Olympic K2 500 m gold in 1964 and 1968 with Annemarie Zimmermann, plus world titles in 1963 and 1970.
Rough Bar Surf
Rough Bar Surf (Rough Bar Surf Shack) is a 2021 surf school and rental shop in Westport, Washington, founded by Mark Lewis, near the year-round beginner surf spot Rough Bar in Grays Harbor County.
Rowdy Gaines
Rowdy Gaines (Ambrose "Rowdy" Gaines IV, born 1959) is an American swimmer who won three gold medals at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and later became NBC's swimming analyst.
Rowing (sport)
Rowing (sport): competitive boat racing with sculling (two oars per rower) and sweep (one oar), governed by World Rowing (formerly FISA); ancient origins, Olympic sport, new beach sprint format at LA 2028.
Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's eight
Men's eight (coxed) at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, also the Boys in the Boat race: University of Washington crew won gold for the USA in 6:25.4, ahead of Italy and Germany at Grünau.
Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics (Tokyo 2020 regatta): 14 gender-equal events, 526 athletes from 80 countries, raced 23–30 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway, Tokyo Bay, after pandemic postponement.
Rowing coastal beach sprints
Rowing coastal beach sprints: a head-to-head coastal rowing format with a beach run, 250 m slalom row, buoy turn, and sprint finish, about 600 m in 2–4 minutes. Debuting at LA28 after the 2015 Mediterranean Beach Games and 2019 Shenzhen Finals; raced in C1x, C2x, C4x+, and mixed boats.
Rowland George
Rowland David George (1905–1997), British rower nicknamed Roley, won Olympic gold in the men's coxless four at Los Angeles 1932 with Badcock, Edwards, and Beresford; later an RAF wing commander awarded the OBE and DSO.
Rowley Douglas
Rowley Douglas (born 1977, Washington DC) is a British rowing coxswain who steered the Great Britain men's eight to Olympic gold at Sydney 2000 in 5:33.08, Britain's first eight gold since 1912, after 1999 world silver.
Roxana Anghel
Roxana Anghel (Roxana-Iuliana Anghel), Romanian rower born 1998 in Câmpulung Moldovenesc; Paris 2024 Olympic gold in the women's eight and silver in the coxless pair with Ioana Vrînceanu; world and European champion.
Roy Saari
Roy Allen Saari (1945-2008), American distance swimmer and water polo player; first under 17 minutes in the 1,500 m freestyle (16:58.7), 1964 Olympic gold and silver medalist, nine-time NCAA champion at USC.
Rozaliya Nasretdinova
Rozaliya Nasretdinova (Розалия Хайдяровна Насретдинова, born 1997, Moscow) is a Russian sprint freestyle and butterfly swimmer, Youth Olympic double champion 2014, 2016 world short-course mixed relay champion, and Rio 2016 Olympian.
Rudiger Helm
Rüdiger Helm (born 1956, Neubrandenburg) is an East German sprint kayaker with 3 Olympic golds and 3 bronzes (1976, 1980), back-to-back K1 1000 m titles, and 10 world championship golds among 19 world medals.
Rudiger Henning
Rüdiger Henning (1943–2024) was a West German rower who won Olympic gold in the men's eight at the 1968 Mexico City Games and carried the flag at the 1972 Munich Opening Ceremony.
Rudiger Reiche
Rüdiger Reiche (born 1955, Querfurt) is an East German rower, 1976 Montreal Olympic champion in the quadruple sculls and world champion 1974 (quadruple sculls) and 1982 (single sculls).
Rudolf Dombi
Rudolf Dombi (Dombi Rudolf), Hungarian sprint kayaker born 1986 in Budapest; Olympic gold 2012 London K2 1000 m with Roland Kökény, world silver 2014, later Budapest kayak federation official.
Rudolf Eckstein
Rudolf Eckstein (Rudi Eckstein), 1915-1993, German rower; Olympic gold in coxless fours at Berlin 1936 with Rom, Karl, and Menne; also European champion 1934, 1935, 1938.
Rudolf Fickeisen
Rudolf Fickeisen (1885-1944), German rower of Ludwigshafener Ruderverein, won gold in the coxed fours at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics with brother Otto; German champion 1906 and 1907.
Ruggero Tita
Ruggero Tita (born 1992, Rovereto) is an Italian sailor who helms the Nacra 17 and, with Caterina Banti, won Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024.