Famous Rowing Athletes

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1 Tyler Winklevoss

Famous As: Rower, Entrepreneur

Birthdate: August 21, 1981

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Southampton (village), New York

Tyler Winklevoss is an American Bitcoin and cryptocurrency investor and entrepreneur. He is credited with founding the Gemini cryptocurrency exchange and Winklevoss Capital Management. He is also credited with co-founding ConnectU, which he claimed inspired Mark Zuckerberg to create Facebook. Also a rower, Tyler and his identical twin brother, Cameron, competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where they finished sixth.

2 Steve Redgrave

Famous As: Rower

Birthdate: March 23, 1962

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Marlow, England

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3 John B. Kelly Sr.

Famous As: Athlete

Birthdate: October 4, 1889

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Died: June 20, 1960

4 Gary O'Donovan

Famous As: Rower

Birthdate: December 30, 1992

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Cork, Ireland

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5 Paul O'Donovan

Famous As: Rower

Birthdate: April 19, 1994

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Skibbereen, Ireland

6 Andy Holmes

Famous As: Rower

Birthdate: October 15, 1959

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Uxbridge, England

Died: October 24, 2010

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7 Sanita Puspure

Famous As: Rower

Birthdate: December 21, 1981

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Latvia

8 Camila Vargas Palomo

Famous As: Rower

Birthdate: September 22, 1986

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Falcón, Venezuela

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9 John Graham Chambers

Famous As: Sportsman

Birthdate: February 12, 1843

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Llanelli, Wales

Died: March 4, 1883

10 Pertti Karppinen

Famous As: Rower

Birthdate: February 17, 1953

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Vehmaa, Finland

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11 Ekaterina Karsten

Famous As: Rower

Birthdate: June 2, 1972

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Osechino

12 Veikko Hakulinen

Famous As: Olympic Athlete

Birthdate: January 4, 1925

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Kurkijoki

Died: October 24, 2003

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13 Jason Osborne

Famous As: Rower

Birthdate: March 20, 1994

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Mainz, Germany

14 Mervyn Wood

Famous As: Australian rower and police commissioner

Birthdate: April 30, 1917

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Sydney, Australia

Died: August 19, 2006

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15 Daniel Sosa

Famous As: Rower

Birthdate: January 18, 1983

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Encarnacion, Paraguay

16 Hamadou Djibo Issaka

Famous As: Rower

Birthdate: July 3, 1977

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Niamey, Niger

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17 Stephen Fairbairn

Famous As: Rower

Birthdate: August 25, 1862

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Toorak, Australia

Died: May 16, 1938

18 Mark Gerban

Famous As: Rower

Birthdate: November 30, 1979

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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19 Chris Bartley

Famous As: Rower

Birthdate: February 2, 1984

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Wrexham, Wales

20 Jamie Hamilton

Famous As: Rower

Birthdate: November 15, 1900

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Died: May 24, 1988

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21 Larisa Popova

Famous As: Rower

Birthdate: April 9, 1957

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Tiraspol, Moldova

22 Andre Matias

Famous As: Rower

Birthdate: June 22, 1989

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Porto, Portugal

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23 Yuliya Bichyk

Famous As: Rower

Birthdate: April 1, 1983

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Minsk, Belarus

24 Vasil Yakusha

Famous As: Rower

Birthdate: June 30, 1958

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

Died: November 24, 2020

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25 Aleksandra Pankina

Famous As: Rower

Birthdate: January 2, 1972

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Bykhaw

26 Yelena Khloptseva

Famous As: Rower

Birthdate: May 21, 1960

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Minsk, Belarus

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27 Natallia Helakh

Famous As: Rowing

Birthdate: November 2, 1969

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Pinsk, Belarus

34 Tatsiana Kukhta

Famous As: Rower

Birthdate: June 13, 1990

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: kholes'e, Belarus

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35 Nataliya Stasyuk

Famous As: Rower

Birthdate: January 21, 1969

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Gomel, Belarus

36 Yelena Mikulich

Famous As: Rower

Birthdate: February 21, 1977

Sun Sign: Pisces

Famous As: Rower

Birthdate: August 14, 1973

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Minsk, Belarus

49 Charles Eugster

Famous As: Track and field athlete

Birthdate: July 26, 1919

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: London, United Kingdom

Died: April 26, 2017

50 Saiyidah Aisyah

Famous As: Rower

Birthdate: April 20, 1988

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Singapore

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