Following the conclusion of the 2022 World Championship Regatta in Racice, CZE, 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 athletes based off results at Olympic and World Championship regattas. View previous rankings here: 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016.
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 (Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020) and the World Championships in between (2017-2019, and 2022) 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.
Age - 27
2021 Ranking - NR 2022 World Championships - Silver in W2- and Silver in W8+ 2020 Olympics - Silver in the W4- 2019 World Championships - Silver in the W4-
Age - 27
2021 Ranking - NR 2022 World Championships - Silver in W2- and Silver in W8+ 2020 Olympics - Silver in the W4- 2019 World Championships - Silver in the W4-
Ymkje Clevering of NED W2- and W8+
Age - 24
2021 Ranking - NR 2022 World Championships - Gold in the W1x 2020 Olympics - Silver in the W4- 2019 World Championships - Silver in the W4-
Carolien Florijn of NED W1x
Age - 25
2021 Ranking - NR 2022 World Championships - Bronze in the W8+ 2020 Olympics - Gold in the W8+ 2018 World Championships - Silver in the W8+
Sydney Payne of CAN W8+
Age - 35
2021 Ranking - NR 2022 World Championships - Silver in the W1x 2020 Olympics - Gold in the W1x 2019 World Championships - Silver in the W1x
Emma Twigg of NZL W1x
Check back next week for rowers ranked 6 to 10.