- In rowing, the
stroke is the
rower seated closest to the
stern of the boat. In the
United Kingdom, the "stroke side" is the port side of the boat, because...
- or just 'bow',
whilst the
rower closest to the
stern is
called the '
strokeman' or just 'stroke'.
There are some
exceptions to this – some UK coastal...
- he won a
second successive World Championship gold
medal again as the
strokeman in the men's
eight at the 2023
World Rowing Championships in Belgrade...
-
Norwegian rower who
competed in the 1912
Summer Olympics. He was the
strokeman of the
Norwegian boat that won the
bronze medal in the
coxed four, inriggers...
- at
Westminster School London, then at
Jesus College, Cambridge. As the
strokeman in the
coxless pair with
George Fairbairn, he won a
silver medal in rowing...
-
strokeman of the
Swedish boat Vaxholm,
which was
eliminated in the
first round of the
coxed four competition.
Eight years later, he was the
strokeman...
-
successive Cambridge crews to
victory in 1906, 1907 and 1908. He was the
strokeman of the
Cambridge University boat in the eights,
which won the
bronze medal...
- a
Canadian rower who
competed in the 1908
Summer Olympics. He was the
strokeman of the
Canadian boat,
which won the
bronze medal in the
coxless pair....
-
University Fours in 1911 and went head of the
river in 1911–12. He was the
strokeman of the New
College eight which won the
silver medal for
Great Britain...
- a
record which was
later broken in 2009. In 2005, Reed and his
Oxford strokeman,
Andrew Triggs Hodge, won GB
senior pairs trials (together they won every...
