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Fastest Men & Women

Heavyweight Men - Rob Waddell

  • 2,000m Time: 5:36.6
  • Date of Record: 2008
  • Born:Te Kuiti, January 7th 1975
  • Country: New Zealand
  • Height: 200cm (6'7")
  • Weight: 97kg (15st 3lb)
  • Rowing Accomplishments: Olympics: Gold - single sculls 2000; World Championships: Gold - single sculls 1998 & 1999; World Cup: Gold - double sculls 2008

Hwt Men: Sub 5:40

YearNameTimeCountry
2008Rob Waddell5:36.6NZL
2001Matthias Siejkowski5:37.0GER
2004Pavel Shurmei5:39.6BLR

Heavyweight Women - Sophie Balmary

  • 2,000m Time: 6:28.4
  • Date of Record: December 11th 2005
  • Born: Cahors, May 8th 1979
  • Country: France
  • Height: 183cm (6'0")
  • Weight: 74kg (11st 9lb)
  • Rowing Accomplishments: Fourth in the 1x at the last two World Championships.

Hwt Women: Sub 6:30

YearNameTimeCountry
2005Sophie Balmary6:28.4NZL
2002Georgina Evers-Swindell6:28.6NZL
2004Sarah Winckless6:28.8GBR
2004Cath Bishop6:29.1GBR

Lightweight Men - Henrik Stephansen

  • 2,000m Time: 5:58.5
  • Date of Record:February 2nd 2009
  • Born: Copenhagen, August 6th 1988
  • Country: Denmark
  • Height: 183cm (6'0")
  • Weight: 74kg (11st 9lb)
  • Rowing Accomplishments: Indoor Rowing: 17-y.o. world record in 2005 - 06:15; 3 months later new record - 06:12.10; 18 y.o. world record in January 2006 - 06:05.50

Lwt Men: Sub 6:05

YearNameTimeCountry
2009Henrik Stephansen5:58.5DNK
2004Elia Luini6:02.6ITA
1998Eskild Ebbesen6:03.2DNK
1999Wolfgang Siegl6:04.1AUT

Lightweight Women - Ursula Grobler

  • 2,000m Time: 6:54.7
  • Date of Record: January 30th 2010
  • Born: South Africa, February 6th 1980
  • Country: South Africa/United States
  • Height:
  • Weight:

Lwt Women: Sub 7:00

YearNameTimeCountry
2010Ursula Grobler6:54.7USA
2000Lisa Schlenker6:56.7USA
2006Jo Hammond6:57.0GBR