2021 European Rowing Championships – Official Selection

The Rowing Ireland team for the 2021 European Rowing Championships has been confirmed by Rowing Ireland’s High-Performance Director, Antonio Maurogiovanni. Eight Senior Irish crews will be looking to continue the successes of the Senior, U23 and Junior crews who brought home ten medals from their European Championships in September and October last year. The Rowing Ireland crews will be competing …

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Meet The Contenders: Lydia Heaphy

Lydia Heaphy Lydia Heaphy has been competing for Ireland for a number of years but 2020 was her best year yet. Competing at both the U23 and Senior Europeans the Skibbereen/UCC athlete showed her versatility as she raced in both sweep and sculling events. Heaphy made Ireland proud this year when she won gold at the U23 Rowing Championships in …

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Meet The Contenders: Sanita Puspure

Sanita Puspure Sanita Puspure made the 2020 Indoor Championships her fifth win in a row, a fantastic feat. She won the Women’s Open 2000m race in a time of 6:34.5 beating her Irish record of 6:35.9 which she set at the Irish Indoor Championships last year.   The rowing regatta season hadn’t started by the time Covid-19 hit and for some time …

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