2026 European Rowing Championships
2026 edition of the European Rowing Championships
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The 2026 European Rowing Championships were held from 31 July to 2 August 2026 on Lake Varese, Italy. Organised by World Rowing, it was the 19th consecutive edition of the European Rowing Championships since they were revived in 2007.
| 2026 European Rowing Championships | |
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| Venue | Lake Varese |
| Location |  Varese, Italy |
| Dates | 31 July – 2 August |
| Organizing body | World Rowing |
Overview
Organised for the first time in 1893, the first edition of the European Rowing Championships was held on Lake Orta, Italy. The championships were held annually until the 1973 edition, after which they were discontinued. They were reintroduced in 2007 and have been held annually since. The 2026 edition, organised by World Rowing, was held from 31 July to 2 August on Lake Varese, Italy. There were openweight and lighweight events both for men and women, as well as mixed and pararowing events.[1][2]
Medal summary
Medal table
* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Romania | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 |  Germany | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 |  Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Italy* | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| – |  Individual Neutral Athletes | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 |  Greece | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 |  Ukraine | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 |  Serbia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 |  Lithuania | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 |  Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 |  Azerbaijan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Georgia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 |  Croatia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Israel | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 18 |  Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (19 entries) | 24 | 24 | 21 | 69 | |
Romania topped the medal table after winning four gold medals on the final day, including victories in all three eights events. The final day's racing was affected by severe weather, which forced a temporary evacuation of Lake Varese and changes to the racing schedule.[3]
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Openweight events | ||||||
| M1x | Germany Oliver Zeidler | 6:36.39 | Authorised Neutral Athletes Yauheni Zalaty | 6:39.94 | Greece Stefanos Ntouskos | 6:40.97 |
| M2x | Serbia Martin Mačković Nikolaj Pimenov | 6:04.45 | Spain Caetano Horta Rodrigo Conde | 6:06.22 | Croatia Martin Sinković Valent Sinković | 6:08.35 |
| M4x | Germany Marc Weber Felix Heinrich Jonas Gelsen Ole Hohensee | 5:37.21 | Poland Dominik Czaja Mateusz Biskup Mirosław Ziętarski Konrad Domański | 5:38.24 | Croatia Goran Mahmutović Roko Bošković Damir Martin Ivan Talaja | 5:40.40 |
| M2− | Romania Ștefan Berariu Florin Lehaci | 6:15.62 | Lithuania Dovydas Stankūnas Domantas Stankūnas | 6:18.29 | Italy Matteo Lodo Giovanni Codato | 6:18.78 |
| M4− | Great Britain Theodore Bell Sam Ford Joshua Brangan Thomas O'Sullivan | 5:43.38 ECHB |
Romania Cosmin Iulian Plesescu Leontin Nutescu Andrei Vatamaniuc Ciprian Tudosă | 5:44.13 | Germany Jasper Angl Mark Hinrichs Benedict Eggeling René Schmela | 5:46.22 |
| M8+ | Romania Claudiu Neamtu Mateus-Simion Cozminciuc Mugurel Semciuc Andrei Mândrilă Constantin Adam Sergiu Bejan Florin Arteni Fabrizio-Alexandru Scripcariu Rucsandra-Ioana Bucsa | 5:25.95 | Germany Sönke Kruse Theis Hagemeister Olaf Roggensack Mattes Schönherr Tassilo Von Mueller Julius Christ Paul Klapperich Frederik Breuer Jonas Wiesen | 5:28.85 | Italy Luca Chiumento Salvatore Monfrecola Giovanni Abagnale Matteo Sartori eonardo Pietra Caprina Andrea Panizza Nunzio Di Colandrea Giuseppe Vicino Alessandra Faella | 5:31.74 |
| Lightweight events | ||||||
| LM1x | Greece Petros Gkaidatzis | 6:50.92 | Germany Fabio Kress | 6:54.63 | Ukraine Ihor Khmara | 6:56.80 |
| LM2x | Italy Tito Christoforakis Giovanni Borgonovo | 6:21.78 | Azerbaijan Ziya Mammadzada Nurlan Pashayev | 6:28.55 | not awarded | |
| LM2- | Germany Patrick Erdmann Johannes Ursprung | 6:49.72 | Georgia Giorgi Kanteladze Davit Lashkareishvili | 6:53.32 | not awarded | |
| Pararowing events | ||||||
| PR1 M1x | Benjamin Pritchard Great Britain | 9:07.88 | Giacomo Perini Italy | 9:15.44 | Shmuel Daniel Israel | 9:35.55 |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Openweight events | ||||||
| W1x | Great Britain Lauren Henry | 7:15.11 | Lithuania Viktorija Senkutė | 7:19.22 | Serbia Jovana Arsić | 7:21.58 |
| W2x | Authorised Neutral Athletes Tatsiana Klimovich Alena Furman | 6:44.78 | Greece Dimitra Kontou Evangelia Anastasiadou | 6:46.10 | Lithuania Martyna Kazlauskaitė Dovilė Rimkutė | 6:46.66 |
| W4x | Switzerland Nina Wettstein Flavia Lötscher Célia Dupré Lisa Lötscher | 6:12.17 | Germany Maren Völz Juliane Faralisch Johanna Debus Frauke Hundeling | 6:12.85 | Romania Mariana-Laura Dumitru Emanuela Ioana Ciotau Andrada-Maria Moroșanu Iulia-Liliana Balauca | 6:14.40 |
| W2− | Romania Adriana Adam Simona Radiș | 6:49.04 | Czech Republic Anna Šantrůčková Pavlína Flamíková | 6:56.11 | Italy Laura Meriano Alice Codato | 6:57.29 |
| W4− | Great Britain Sarah Marshall Eleanor Brinkhoff Angharad Broughton Holly Youd | 6:23.03 | Germany Hannah Reif Paula Hartmann Annabelle Bachmann Pia Greiten | 6:24.65 | Authorised Neutral Athletes Ekaterina Zhevlachenko Ekaterina Glazkova Marina Rubtsova Valentina Plaksina | 6:25.26 |
| W8+ | Romania Cristina Drugă Dumitrița Juncănariu Ancuța Bodnar Maria Tivodariu Maria-Magdalena Rusu Amalia Bereș Adriana Adam Simona Radiș Victoria-Ștefania Petreanu | 5:56.14 | Great Britain Elizabeth Witt Megan Slabbert Amelia Standing Katherine George Lauren Irwin Eve Stewart Heidi Long Annie Campbell-Orde Jack Tottem | 6:01.57 | Italy Clara Guerra Giorgia Pelacchi Angelica Merlini Sophie Souwer Silvia Terrazzi Elisa Mondelli Laura Meriano Alice Codato Emanuele Capponi | 6:03.65 |
| Lightweight events | ||||||
| LW1x | Authorised Neutral Athletes Mariya Zhovner | 7:30.47 | Netherlands Tosca Kettler | 7:36.58 | Greece Gavriela Lioliou | 7:39.14 |
| LW2x | Italy Elena Sali Melissa Schincariol | 6:55.95 | Greece Paschalina Mouratidou Gavriela Lioliou | 7:03.09 | not awarded | |
| Pararowing events | ||||||
| PR1 W1x | Anna Sheremet Ukraine | 10:02.25 | Eva Mol Netherlands | 10:40.80 | Claire Ghiringhelli Switzerland | 10:43.41 |
Mixed events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mix2x | Romania Marian Enache Iulia-Liliana Bălăucă | 6:27.87 | Germany Juliane Faralisch Arno Gaus | 6:28.86 | Italy Niels Torre Sophie Souwer | 6:30.41 |
| Mix8+ | Romania Maria-Magdalena Rusu Maria Tivodariu Ancuța Bodnar Amalia Bereș Andrei Vatamaniuc Leontin Nutescu Ștefan Berariu Florin Lehaci Victoria-Ștefania Petreanu | 5:41.90 | Germany Sarah Wibberenz Lisa Gutfleisch Hannah Reif Frauke Hundeling Benedict Eggeling Tobias Strangemann Leonard Brahms René Schmela Till Martini | 5:46.93 | Denmark Clara Hornnaess Karen Mortensen Amalie Louise Thorsen Aksel Poulsen Magnus Valbirk Nikolaj Kragh Simonsen Christian Soendergaard Frida Werner Foldager Sophie Oestergaard | 5:51.52 |
| Pararowing events | ||||||
| PR2 Mix2x | Germany Jasmina Bier Paul Umbach | 8:03.84 | Ukraine Anna Aisanova Iaroslav Koiuda | 8:04.24 | Israel Shahar Milfelder Saleh Shahin | 8:13.49 |
| PR3 Mix2x | Germany Valentin Luz Kathrin Marchand | 6:55.91 | Ukraine Stanislav Samoliuk Dariia Kotyk | 7:06.07 | Authorised Neutral Athletes Anton Voronov Anna Piskunova | 7:22.06 |
| PR3 Mix4+ | Great Britain Francesca Allen Joshua O'Brien Charlotte Coburn Jonty Ridley Omar Al-Miqdadi (cox) | 6:47.80 | Italy Martina Osualdini Marco Frank Carolina Foresti Stanislau Litvinchuk Chiara Reto (cox) | 6:53.75 | France Eva David Helene Balzac Grégoire Bireau Laurent Cadot Maiwenn Dumont (cox) | 6:55.82 |