Fresh of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic games, row2k is debuting their rankings of the top 15 men's and women's rowers in the world. This is an objective ranking of based off results at Olympic and World Championship regattas.
METHODOLOGY
Athlete must have medalled at the most recent World/Olympic Regatta to be eligible Points are scored for medalling at an Olympic or Senior World Championship Regatta 5 points for gold, 3 points for silver, 2 points for bronze Scoring regattas go back to include the two most recent Olympics and the World Championships in between Each regatta has a multiplier value. 3x for most recent Olympics, 2x for the Olympics prior to that, 1x for Olympic class event at World Championship, 0.5x for non-Olympic class event at World Championship Tie breaker is head to head total number of medals by priority: Olympic gold > silver > bronze, World championship gold > silver > bronze, World Cup gold > silver > bronze. The tie breaker includes all medals won in athletes career.
#15 Julia Lier - GERMANY
Age - 24 2016 Olympics - Gold in W4x 2015 World Championships - Bronze in W2x 2014 World Championships - Gold in W4x
#14 Lisa Schmidla - GERMANY
Age - 25 2016 Olympics - Gold in W4x 2015 World Championships - Silver in W4x 2014 World Championships - Gold in W4x
#14 Lisa Schmidla of Germany
#13 Tessa Gobbo - UNITED STATES
Age - 25 2016 Olympics - Gold in W8+ 2015 World Championships - Gold in W8+ 2014 World Championships - Silver in W4- 2013 World Championships - Gold in W4-
#13 Tessa Gobbo of the United States
#12 Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozlowska - POLAND
Age - 29 2016 Olympics - Gold in W2x 2014 World Championships - Silver in W2x 2013 World Championships - Bronze in W2x 2012 Olympics - Bronze in W2x
#12 Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozlowska (left) of Poland
#11 Emily Regan - UNITED STATES
Age - 28 2016 Olympics - Gold in W8+ 2015 World Championships - Gold in W8+ 2014 World Championships - Silver in W4- 2013 World Championships - Gold in W8+
#11 Emily Regan of the United States
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