Following the conclusion of the 2022 World Championship Regatta in Racice, CZE, here are row2k's new rankings for the top 5 pararowers in the world. This is an objective ranking of athletes based off results at Paralympic and World Championship regattas. View previous rankings here: 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017.
METHODOLOGY
Athlete must have medalled at the most recent World/Paralympic Regatta to be eligible Points are scored for medalling at a Paralympic 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 Paralympics (Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020) and the World Championships in between (2017-2019, 2022) Each regatta has a multiplier value. 3x for most recent Paralympics, 2x for the Paralympics prior to that, 1x for Paralympic class event at World Championship, 0.5x for non-Paralympic class event at World Championship Tie breaker is head to head total number of medals by priority: Paralympic gold > silver > bronze, World championship gold > silver > bronze, World Cup gold > silver > bronze. The tie breaker includes all medals won in athletes career.
Age - 42
2021 Ranking - NR 2019 World Championships - Silver in PR1 W1x 2020 Paralympics - Bronze in PR1 W1x 2019 World Championships - Silver in PR1 W1x 2018 World Championships - Gold in PR1 W1x 2017 World Championships - Gold in PR1 W1x
Age - 31
2021 Ranking - NR 2022 World Championships - Gold in the PR3 W2- and PR3 Mix4+ 2020 Paralympics - Gold in the PR3 Mix4+ 2019 World Championships - Gold in the PR3 Mix4+ 2017 World Championships - Gold in the PR3 Mix4+
Gierde Rakauskaite of GBR PR3 W2- and PR3 Mix4+
Age - 33
2021 Ranking - 5 2022 World Championships - Gold in the PR1 W1x 2020 Paralympics - Gold in the PR1 W1x 2019 World Championships - Gold in the PR1 W1x 2018 World Championships - Gold in the PR1 W1x 2017 World Championships - Gold in the PR1 W1x
Birgit Skarstein of NOR PR1 W1x
Age - 24
2021 Ranking - NR 2022 World Championships - Gold in PR3 M2- and PR3 Mix4+ 2020 Paralympics - Gold in the PR3 Mix4+ 2019 World Championships - Gold in the PR3 Mix4+ 2018 World Championships - Gold in the PR3 Mix4+ 2017 World Championships - Gold in the PR3 Mix4+
Oliver Stanhope of GBR PR3 M2- and PR3 Mix4+
Age - 36
2021 Ranking - 1 2022 World Championships - Gold in the PR1 M1x 2020 Paralympics - Gold in the PR1 M1x 2019 World Championships - Gold in the PR1 M1x 2018 World Championships - Silver in the PR1 M1x 2017 World Championships - Silver in the PR1 M1x 2016 Paralympics - Gold in the ASM1x
Roman Polianskyi of UKR PR1 M1x