FISA has announced the nominees for the 2005 Thomas Keller Medal for "an Outstanding Career in Rowing;" The 2005 Thomas Keller Medal Nominees:
1. Agostino Abbagnale (ITA)
2. Victor Feddersen (DEN)
3. Matthew Pinsent (GBR)
4. Andrea Re (ITA)
5. Jean-Christophe Rolland (FRA)
6. James Tomkins (AUS)
7. André Willms (GER)
The International Rowing Federation has concluded on these seven nominees for the prestigious Thomas Keller Medal which honours "An Outstanding Career in Rowing". The members of the FISA Council and Commissions will vote to determine the finalists for this award at the 2005 FISA Joint Commissions Meeting in Paris this weekend. The finalists will then go forward to the Thomas Keller Medal Committee for the final decision. This committee includes Dominik Keller, the son of the late president of FISA Thomas Keller. The Committee will assess the candidates on the following five criteria:
The winner will be awarded the Thomas Keller Medal at the BearingPoint Rowing World Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland on 10th July 2005.