Thomas Keller Medal

The Thomas Keller Medal is given by the World Rowing Federation (FISA) for an outstanding international career in the sport of rowing. It is the highest honor in rowing and is awarded to any athlete within five years of his/her retirement from the sport. It recognizes an exceptional rowing career as well as exemplary sportsmanship.

It is named after Thomas Keller who was the president of FISA from 1958 until his death in 1989.

Past recipients

Year	Winner	Country	Profile
1990	Alf Hansen	NOR	^[1]
1991	Thomas Greiner	GER	^[2]
1994	Yuriy Pimenov	RUS	^[3]
1996	Francesco Esposito	ITA	^[4]
	Nikolay Pimenov	RUS	^[5]
	Rolf Thorsen	NOR	^[6]
1997	Giuseppe Abbagnale	ITA	^[7]
	Carmine Abbagnale	ITA	^[8]
	Jana Sorgers	GER	^[9]
	Thomas Lange	GER	^[10]
1998	Kerstin Köppen	GER	^[11]
1998	Roland Baar	GER	^[12]
1999	Silken Laumann	CAN	^[13]
1999	Kathleen Heddle	CAN	^[14]
2001	Steve Redgrave	GBR	^[15]
2002	Marnie McBean	CAN	^[16]
2003	Peter Antonie	AUS	^[17]
2004	Nico Rienks	NED	^[18]
2005	Matthew Pinsent	GBR	^[19]
2006	Agostino Abbagnale	ITA	^[20]
2007	Mike McKay	AUS	^[21]
2008	Elisabeta Lipă	ROM	^[22]
2009	Kathrin Boron	GER	^[23]
2010	James Tomkins	AUS	[1]
2011	Jüri Jaanson	EST	[2]
2012	Václav Chalupa	TCH	^[24]
2013	Eskild Ebbesen	DEN	^[25]
2014	Drew Ginn	AUS	^[26]
2015	Iztok Čop	SLO	^[27]
2016	Caroline Evers-Swindell	NZL	^[28]
2016	Georgina Evers-Swindell	NZL	^[28]
2017	Katherine Grainger	GBR	^[29]
2018^[30]	Eric Murray	NZL	^[27]
2018^[30]	Hamish Bond	NZL	^[27]
2019	Kim Brennan	AUS	^[27]
2020	Not awarded		^[31]
2021	Olaf Tufte	NOR	^[27]
2022	Mahe Drysdale	NZL	^[27]

References

External links

Thomas Keller Medal – World Rowing Federation

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