World Rowing Indoor Championships

World Rowing Indoor Championships
Tournament information
SportIndoor rowing
Established2018
AdministratorWorld Rowing

The World Rowing Indoor Championships is an indoor rowing championship competition organised by World Rowing. The competition has been held annually since 2018. There have been championships organized in venues and with virtual formats.

The first edition in Alexandria in the USA saw 2,527 participants from 23 countries competing, including Para rowers.[1]

The 2023 competition in Toronto, Canada was the first time a hybrid (virtual and in-person) competition was available to athletes.[2] It was also the first time the Versa Challenge provided qualified athletes the opportunity to compete for the title of the most fit 'versatile' indoor rower in the world.[2][3] Athletes competed in four surprise versa challenges over two days.[4] Finland's Joel Naukkarinen and America's Elizabeth Gilmore[5] earned the most points in the Men's and Women's Versa Challenge in February 2023.[4]

Venues

Year Location
2018 Alexandria
2019 Long Beach
2020 Paris
2021 Virtual
2022 Virtual
2023 Toronto
2024 Prague
2025 Virtual[6]
2026 Virtual[7]

Medallists

Men

5,000 m

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2026  Benjamin Reuter (GER)  Tomasz Cichocki (POL)  Artem Zakharov (UKR)

Lightweight 5,000 m

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2026  Vaclav Valek (CZE)  Tamas Bence (HUN)  Jesús González Álvarez (ESP)

2,000 m

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2018  Jakub Podrazil (CZE)  Joel Naukkarinen (FIN)  Thomas Phifer (USA)
2019  Oliver Zeidler (GER)  Arne Landboe (USA)  Alexander Richards (USA)
2020  Alexander Vyazovkin (RUS)  Barnabe Delarze (SUI)  Matthieu Androdias (FRA)
2021  Ward Lemmelijn (BEL)  Bartosz Zablocki (POL)  Chirill Visit Chi-Sestakov (MDA)
2022  Ward Lemmelijn (BEL)  Alexander Vyazovkin (RUS)  Joel Naukkarinen (FIN)
2023  Oliver Zeidler (GER)  Ward Lemmelijn (BEL)  Jakub Podrazil (CZE)
2024  Ward Lemmelijn (BEL)  Michal Szpakowski (POL)  Jakub Podrazil (CZE)
2025  Ward Lemmelijn (BEL)  Jakub Podrazil (CZE)  Joel Naukkarinen (FIN)

Lightweight 2,000 m

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2018  Artur Mikołajczewski (POL)  Matthias Taborsky (AUT)  Alistair Bond (NZL)
2019  Jason Osborne (GER)  Martino Goretti (ITA)  Alex Twist (USA)
2020  Pierre Houin (FRA)  Thibault Colard (FRA)  Martino Goretti (ITA)
2021  Florian Roller (GER)  Martino Goretti (ITA)  Boudina Sid Ali (ALG)
2022  Florian Roller (GER)  Boudina Sid Ali (ALG)  Ahmet Rapi (SWE)
2023  Jiri Simanek (CZE)  Florian Roller (GER)  Moritz Marchart (GER)
2024  Florian Roller (GER)  Jiri Simanek (CZE)  Jerzy Kowalski (POL)
2025  Afonso Duarte Costa (POR)  Joao Santos (POR)  Álvaro Alvedro (ESP)

1000 m

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2026  Andrea Panizza (ITA)  Thomas Vinther (DEN)  Seyed Mohammad Hossein Salehi (IRI)

Lightweight 1000 m

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2026  André Dias (POR)  Ales Manuel Papacek (CZE)  Markus Ilmarinen (FIN)

500 m

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2020  Phil Clapp (GBR)  Joel Naukkarinen (FIN)  Vincent Matz (FRA)
2021  Phil Clapp (GBR)  Anton Bondarenko (UKR)  Joel Naukkarinen (FIN)
2022  Phil Clapp (GBR)  Cameron Wharram (CAN)  Anton Grassi (SVK)
2023  Phil Clapp (GBR)  Cameron Wharram (CAN)  Matt Snare (USA)
2024  Joonas Kuivalainen (FIN)  Thomas Wilson (GBR)  Chris Scott (GBR)
2025  Joonas Kuivalainen (FIN)  Matt Snare (USA)  Spyridon Kalentzis (GRE)

Lightweight 500 m

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2020  Adrien Decriem (FRA)

 Damián Alonso (ESP)

 Michal Zawadzki (POL)
2021  Benjamin Smith (AUT)  Martino Goretti (ITA)  William Legge (AUS)
2022  Mohamed Kota (EGY)  Chen Sensen (CHN)  Daniel Satch (GBR)
2023  Giovanni Ficarra (ITA)  José Daniel Martínez López (ESP)  Mohamed Kota (EGY)
2024  Mohamed Kota (EGY)  Francisco Pizana Iniesta (ESP)  Ahmed Meshref (EGY)
2025  Joonas Mäkipelto (FIN)  Adham Maghoub (EGY)  Amirreza Ebdali (IRI)

1 hour

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2021  Benjamin Reuter (GER)  Joel Naukkarinen (FIN)  Tom Solesbury (GBR)

1 minute

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2026  Thomas Vinther (DEN)  Andrea Panizza (ITA)  Anders Edquist (SWE)

Lightweight 1 minute

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2026  Joonas Makipelto (FIN)  Mohammad Abdul Rehman (PAK)  Youssef Abdelaziz (EGY)

Team

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2021 (3 minutes)  Finland 1 (FIN)  Egyptian National Team (EGY)  UK Armed Forces (GBR)
2022 (3 minutes)  Finland (FIN)
 Egyptian Rowing Federation (EGY) 		 No Rowing For Old Men (GBR)
2023 (2000m) The International Men of Mystery  No Rowing For Old Men (GER)  Team FINLAND (FIN)
2024 (2000m) The International Men of Mystery  Team FINLAND (FIN)  Czech Team (CZE)
2025 (2000m)  Team FINLAND (FIN)  NewWave Crossfit (GBR)  Gym Mettle (USA)

Team Relay 5000m

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2025  Team FINLAND (FIN)  NewWave Crossfit (GBR)  Titans of Piraeus (GRE)

Team Relay 1000 m

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2026  Kouvolan Soutajat / Team Finland (FIN)  FIN (FIN)  SILVERBACKS TEAM (GRE)

Women

5,000 m

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2026  Lina Belanger (CAN)  María Ángeles Macian (ESP)  Terje Leola (EST)

Lightweight 5,000 m

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2026  Elena Chevrier Da Costa (POR)  Jillian Tovey (GBR)  Sarita Kristina Hansen (DEN)

2,000 m

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2018  Olena Buryak (UKR)  Luisa Neerschulte (GER)  Rui Ju (CHN)
2019  Olena Buryak (UKR)  Brooke Mooney (USA)  Tracy Eisser (USA)
2020  Olena Buryak (UKR)  Helene Lefebvre (FRA)  Elodie Ravera (FRA)
2021  Kirsten Kline (USA)  Sophie Souwer (NED)  Marilou Duvernay Tardif (CAN)
2022  Zhang Peixin (CHN)  Lv Yang (CHN)  Olena Buryak (UKR)
2023  Olena Buryak (UKR)  Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski (CAN)  Sydney Payne (CAN)
2024  Pavlina Flamikova (CZE)  Anna Santruckova (CZE)  Kathryn Mole (GBR)
2025  Elizabeth Gilmore (USA)  Louise Lefebvre (FRA)  María Ángeles Macian (ESP)

Lightweight 2,000 m

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2018  Christine Cavallo (USA)  Emily Schmieg (USA)  Kathryn Schiro (USA)
2019  Justine Reston (GBR)  Katelin Guregian (USA)  Toni Harding (USA)
2020  Laura Tarantola (FRA)  Marie Margot Joannes (FRA)  Jilly Tovey (GBR)
2021  Paula Pankratiew (POL)  Olga Svirska (LAT)  Krimi Khadija (TUN)
2022  Min Yang (CHN)  Jiaqi Zou (CHN)  Lai Weijuan (CHN)
2023  Krimi Khadija (TUN)  Silke Tamborijn (BEL)  Elisa Arcara (ITA)
2024  Bruna Parente (POR)  Barbora Podrazilova (CZE)  Zoe Dickson (DEN)
2025  Martyna Radosz (POL)  Bruna Parente (POR)  Nourelhoda Arafa (EGY)

1000 m

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2026  Adelle Ader (EST)  Elizabeth Gilmore (USA)  Sophie Souwer (ITA)

Lightweight 1000 m

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2026  Martyna Radosz (POL)  Meriam Mamieliekova (UKR)  Inés Olivera (POR)

500 m

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2020  Olena Buryak (UKR)  Lucie Giraud (FRA)  Rhian Rudkin (GBR)
2021  Ana do Carmo Caldas (POR)  Joanne Clapp (GBR)  Bianca Piloseno (USA)
2022  Bianca Piloseno (USA)  Olena Buryak (UKR)  Jade Lally (GBR)
2023  Olena Buryak (UKR)  Sonja Pentola (FIN)  Clara Hogan (IRL)
2024  Iida Niemi (FIN)  Sarah Maria Johansen (DEN)  Emma Simpson (GBR)
2025  Stefanie Preiksa (AUS)  Ella Fox (USA)  Kees Karpatskij (FIN)

Lightweight 500 m

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2020  Jilly Tovey (GBR)  Laura Barrigan (GBR)  Selma Dhaouadi (FRA)
2021  Anna Hughes-Davies (GBR)  Krimi Khadija (TUN)  Rouba Amina (ALG)
2022  Jiaqi Zou (CHN)  Tan Jinlian (CHN)  Nourelhoda Arafa (EGY)
2023  Krimi Khadija (TUN)  Sarita Kristina Hansen (DEN)  Laura Barrigan (GBR)
2024  Sarita Kristina Hansen (DEN)  Laura Allen (GBR)  Nourelhoda Arafa (EGY)
2025  Meriam Mamieliekova (UKR)  Sarita Kristina Hansen (DEN)  Nourelhoda Arafa (EGY)

1 hour

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2021  Margit Haahr Hansen (DEN)  Ghada Ibrahim (EGY)  Larysa Zhalinska (UKR)

1 minute

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2026  Var Guriadottir Hansen (DEN)  Irmelin Olsson (SWE)  Kees Karpatskij (FIN)

Lightweight 1 minute

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2026  Tatiana Melamed (AIN)  Carolina Leonhardt (ARG)
 Jillian Tovey (GBR)

Team

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2021 (3 minutes)  Egyptian National Team (EGY)  Finland (FIN)  Danish Masters Team (DEN)
2022 (3 minutes)  Finland (FIN)  British Army (GBR)  Mannheim-Karlsruhe (GER)
2023 (2000m)  Team FINLAND (FIN)  Nordisch by Nature (GER)  Team Live2Row (USA)
2024 (2000m)  Team FINLAND (FIN) Sexy Erg Screens Impeccable Transitions
2025  Team FINLAND (FIN) Impeccable Transitions Swift Strokes 2.0

Team relay 5000m

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2025 (2000m)  Team FINLAND (FIN)  Golden Horseshoe Rowing (CAN)  Rowers' Relay: Forward to Victory (UKR)

Team Relay 1000 m

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2026  Les gravelinoises (FRA) NW GRL PWR  Czech Erg Power (CZE)


Mixed

5,000 m team relay

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2026  Team FINLAND (FIN)  Silverbacks Team (GRE)  UKS MOS Elk (POL)

2,000 m team relay

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2021  Finland 1 (FIN)  Egyptian National Team (EGY) Concept Fitness
2022  Egyptian National Team (EGY)  Finland (FIN)  British Army (GBR)
2023  Team FINLAND (FIN) Freespeed  KSA Team Mix (KSA)
2024  Team FINLAND (FIN) Freespeed Dream Team 2024

1,000 m team relay

Year Winner Runner-up Third
2026 2.7kW  FIN (FIN)  Estonian DryRowers (EST)


References

  1. ^ "Thousands take part in first Rowing Indoor World Championships". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2026-01-23.
  2. ^ a b "2023 World Rowing Indoor Championships – Row The North". Retrieved 2023-03-23.
  3. ^ "World Rowing - Introducing: The World Rowing Versa Challenge". World Rowing. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
  4. ^ a b "World Rowing - 2023 World Rowing Indoor Championships". World Rowing. Archived from the original on 2021-04-07. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
  5. ^ "World Rowing - March 2023: Elizabeth Gilmore". World Rowing. Retrieved 2026-01-10.
  6. ^ "British athletes shine at the 2025 World Rowing Indoor Championships". British Rowing. 2025-02-25. Retrieved 2026-01-10.
  7. ^ "2026 World Rowing Virtual Indoor Championships, presented by Concept2". World Rowing. 2026-02-26. Retrieved 2026-03-03.
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