There may be no richer tradition when it comes to Washington athletics than the Huskies' Olympics rowing history. Dating back to "The Boys in the Boat" – the UW men's crew that brought home a gold medal from the 1936 Berlin Games – Washington men and women have established a long track record of successes in the Olympics.
Next week in Paris, the latest group of UW rowing Olympians will get their chance to write their names in history. In all, 17 Washington Rowing alumni – the highest total for any single college – will compete, for six different nations, on the Seine, while one more will travel as a spare to the Paralympic Games in August.
Competition gets underway on Sat., July 27 and concludes with the last of the A finals on the following Sat., Aug. 3.
Following are some helpful links, followed by a look at some facts about this year's UW Rowing class of Olympians, as well as the full list, including each racing schedule.
Full Schedule of Events
(all times on this linked website are local to site; Paris is nine hours ahead of Pacific Time ... for example, 11:30 a.m. in Paris is 2:30 p.m. in Seattle)
NBC TV Viewing Information
CBC TV (Canada) Viewing Information
WorldRowing.com Coverage
National Team Websites:
USA | Germany | Great Britain | Italy | Netherlands | New Zealand
Washington Rowing at the Olympics Facts
• No other college rowing program will have more alumni competing at the 2024 Olympic Games than Washington.
• No other college rowing program will have more alumni competing for the United States at the 2024 Olympic Games than Washington.
• Washington Rowing alumni will compete for six different nations in Paris: United States, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, New Zealand, and Great Britain.
• U.S. women's rower Jessica Thoennes began rowing when she came to Washington, not having rowed in high school. Thoeness also competed for the U.S. at the 2020 Games.
• Washington Rowing has had an alumnus in each of the last 14 Olympic Games and in 18 of the last 21 Olympiads.
• UW athletes have earned at least one medal in each of the last five Olympics, and in six of the last seven.
• In total, UW alumni – men and women combined, counted individually – have earned 46 Olympic medals in rowing.
• Counting this year's 17 UW alumni headed to the Olympics and Paralympics, UW coxswains and rowers have made 142 Olympic and Paralympic appearances, dating back to the nine men who won Gold in the U.S. men's eight in Berlin in 1936.
• Counting this year, Washington Rowing alumni will have competed at the Olympics for 13 different nations: Australia, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United States.
• The United States has sent a women's eight to the Olympics every year since 1984 (the 1980s games were boycotted by the U.S.). In those 11 Olympiads (1984-2024), the coxswain of the U.S. women's eight has had a UW connection in 10: alumna Betsy Beard Stillings in 1984 and 1988; current head coach
Yasmin Farooq in 1992 and 1996; alumna
Mary Whipple in 2004, 2008 and 2012; former UW men's team cox Katelin Snyder Guregian in 2016 and 2020; and women's team alumnus Nina Castagna in 2024.
Here is the complete list of the 17 former Washington athletes who will compete in rowing at the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris.
Washington Rowing Alumni in the 2024 Olympics
Men's Single – M1x
Simon van Dorp '20, Netherlands
Women's Pair – M2-
Jessica Thoennes '18, USA
Men's Double – M2x
Ben Davison '18, USA
Women's Four – M4-
Phoebe Spoors '17, New Zealand
Men's Four – M4-
Logan Ullrich '23, New Zealand
Women's Quad – W4x
Teal Cohen '21, USA
Tabea Schendekehl '20, Germany
Women's Eight – W8+
Nina Castagna '22, USA
Holly Dunford '22, Great Britain
Aisha Rocek '25, Italy
Men's Eight – M8+
Chris Carlson '18, USA
Rielly Milne '18, USA
Evan Olson '19, USA
Pieter Quinton '21, USA
Jacob Dawson '16, Great Britain
Gert-Jan van Doorn '21, Netherlands
Spare, PR3 Mixed Coxed Four – PR3Mix4+
Danielle Hansen '17, USA
Coaches
Michael Callahan '96, USA men's eight coach
Lori Dauphiny '85, USA women's pairs coach
Adrienne Martelli '10, USA women's sweep coach
SCHEDULE OF RACES (UW-related only)
Men's Single Sculls (M1x) – van Dorp
Heats: Sat., July 27, 9:00-10:00 a.m. CET/12:00-1:00 a.m. PDT
Repechages: Sun., July 28, 9:36-10:00 a.m. CET/12:36-1:00 a.m. PDT
Quarterfinals: Tue., July 30, 10:10-10:40 a.m. CET/1:10-1:40 a.m. PDT
A/B Semifinals: Thu., Aug. 1, 9:50-10:00 a.m. CET/12:50-1:00 a.m. PDT
A Final: Sat., Aug. 3, 10:30 a.m. CET/1:30 a.m. PDT
Men's Double Sculls (M2x) – Davison
Heats: Sat., July 27, 11:30-11:50 a.m. CET/2:30-2:50 a.m. PDT
Repechages: Sun., July 28, 10:10-10:20 a.m. CET/1:10-1:20 a.m. PDT
Semifinals: Tue., July 30, 11:10-11:20 a.m. CET/2:10-2:20 a.m. PDT
A Final: Thu., Aug. 1, 11:30 a.m. CET/2:30 a.m. PDT
Women's Pairs (M2-) – Thoennes
Heats: Sun., July 28, 10:30-10:50 a.m. CET/1:30-1:50 a.m. PDT
Repechage: Mon., July 29, 10:30 a.m. CET/1:30 a.m. PDT
Semifinals: Wed., July 31, 10:54-11:04 a.m. CET/1:54-2:04 a.m. PDT
A Final: Fri., Aug. 2, 11:42 a.m. CET/2:42 a.m. PDT
Women's Quad Sculls (M4x) – Cohen, Schendekehl
Heats: Sat., July 27, 12:50-1:00 p.m. CET/3:50-4:00 a.m. PDT
Repechage: Mon., July 29, 11:30 a.m. CET/2:30 a.m. PDT
A Final: Wed., July 31, 12:26-12:38 p.m. CET/3:26-3:38 a.m. PDT
Women's Four (M4-) – Spoors
Heats: Sun., July 28, 12:30-12:40 p.m. CET/3:30-3:40 a.m. PDT
Repechage: Mon., July 29, 11:40 a.m. CET/2:40 a.m. PDT
A Final: Thu., Aug. 1, 12:10 p.m. CET/3:10 a.m. PDT
Men's Four (M4-) – Ullrich
Heats: Sun., July 28, 12:50-1:00 p.m. CET/3:50-4:00 a.m. PDT
Repechage: Mon., July 29, 11:40 a.m. CET/2:40 a.m. PDT
A Final: Thu., Aug. 1, 12:10 p.m. CET/3:10 a.m. PDT
Women's Eight (M8+) – Castagna, Dunford, Rocek
Heats: Mon., July 29, 12:00-12:10 p.m. CET/3:00-3:10 a.m. PDT
Repechage: Thu., Aug. 1, 10:10 a.m. CET/1:10 a.m. PDT
A Final: Sat., Aug. 3, 10:50 a.m. CET/1:50 a.m. PDT
Men's Eight (M8+) – Carlson, Milne, Olson, Quinton, Dawson, van Doorp
Heats: Mon., July 29, 11:40-11:50 p.m. CET/2:40-2:50 a.m. PDT
Repechage: Thu., Aug. 1, 10:20 a.m. CET/1:20 a.m. PDT
A Final: Sat., Aug. 3, 11:10 a.m. CET/2:10 a.m. PDT
