Fresh off 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.
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Men Ranked 11 to 15 Men Ranked 10 to 6
#5 Valent Sinkovic - CROATIA
Age - 28 2016 Olympics - Gold in M2x 2015 World Championships - Gold in M2x 2014 World Championships - Gold in M2x 2013 World Championships - Gold in M4x 2012 Olympics - Silver in M4x
#4 Alex Gregory - GREAT BRITAIN
Age - 32 2016 Olympics - Gold in M4- 2015 World Championships - Gold in M8+ 2014 World Championships - Gold in M4- 2013 World Championships - Gold in M8+ 2012 Olympics - Gold in M4-
#4 Alex Gregory of Great Britain
#3 Pete Reed - GREAT BRITAIN
Age - 35 2016 Olympics - Gold in M8+ 2015 World Championships - Gold in M8+ 2014 World Championships - Gold in M8+ 2013 World Championships - Gold in M8+ 2012 Olympics - Gold in M4- NOTE - Reed wins tiebreaker over Gregory by virtue of his M4- gold medal in Beijing
#3 Pete Reed of Great Britain
#2 Hamish Bond - NEW ZEALAND
Age - 30 2016 Olympics - Gold in M2- 2015 World Championships - Gold in M2- 2014 World Championships - Gold in M2- and M2+ 2013 World Championships - Gold in M2- 2012 Olympics - Gold in M2-
#2 Hamish Bond of New Zealand
#1 Eric Murray - NEW ZEALAND
Age - 34 2016 Olympics - Gold in M2- 2015 World Championships - Gold in M2- 2014 World Championships - Gold in M2- and M2+ 2013 World Championships - Gold in M2- 2012 Olympics - Gold in M2- NOTE - Murray and Bond have identical results going back to 2006, however Murray had senior level A Final appearances in 2003, 2004, and 2005 while Bond was still racing at Junior and U23 level, so Murray wins tie breaker
#1 Eric Murray of New Zealand
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