Following the conclusion of the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Linz-Ottensheim, Austria, here are row2k's new rankings for 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. View previous rankings here: 2018, 2017, 2016.
View this year's women:
-Ranked 11 to 15
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 (London 2012 and Rio 2016) and the World Championships in between (2013-2019) 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.
#10 Olivia Coffey - UNITED STATES
Age - 30
Last Year - #9 2019 World Championships - Bronze in W8+ 2018 World Championships - Gold in W8+ 2015 World Championships - Gold in W4x 2014 World Championships - Bronze in W4x 2013 World Championships - Gold in W4-
#9 Agnieszka Kobus-Zawojska - POLAND
Age - 29
Last Year - #12 2019 World Championships - Silver in W4x 2018 World Championships - Gold in W4x 2017 World Championships - Silver in W4x 2016 Olympics - Bronze in W4x
#9 Agnieszka Kobus-Zawojska of Poland
#8 Maria Springwald - POLAND
Age - 28
Last Year - #11 2019 World Championships - Silver in W4x 2018 World Championships - Gold in W4x 2017 World Championships - Silver in W4x 2016 Olympics - Bronze in W4x
#8 Maria Springwald of Poland
#7 Inge Janssen - THE NETHERLANDS
Age - 30
Last Year - NR 2019 World Championships - Bronze in W4x 2017 World Championships - Gold in W4x 2016 Olympics - Silver in W4x 2015 World Championships - Bronze in W4x
#7 Inge Janssen of The Netherlands
#6 Nicole Beukers - THE NETHERLANDS
Age - 29
Last Year - #4 2019 World Championships - Bronze in W4x 2018 World Championships - Bronze in W4x 2017 World Championships - Gold in W4x 2016 Olympics - Silver in W4x 2015 World Championships - Bronze in W4x
#6 Nicole Beukers of The Netherlands
Check out rowers ranked 1 to 5 here.