PARA ROWING NEWS
![Paris 2024 Paralympics: Ones to Watch in Para Rowing Revealed](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/pZG3drFyKmsY-ZnUsGbcPhK3ztxY6Oj_MPQ58oaDb7M.jpg?itok=YAHEiUD7)
Paris 2024: Ones to Watch in Para rowing
The 10 names you should be looking out for when the next Paralympics kick off in France
![Para rower Birgit Skarstein smiling and holding a gold medal](/sites/default/files/2024-04/Birgit%20Skarstein%20rowing%20gold%20Munich%202022%20Worlds%20.jpg)
Paris 2024: Birgit Skarstein going for more than gold
Paralympic rowing champion wants to ‘make a difference’ as she prepares for title defence
![Roman Polianskyi](/sites/default/files/2021-11/Roman%20Polianskyi.jpg)
Paris 2024: Roman Polianskyi prepares for third Games in a new reality
Double Paralympic rowing champion reflects on challenges of training as he bids for third gold
![A female and male Para rowers competing.](/sites/default/files/2024-05/Katie%20O%27Brien%2C%20Ireland%2C%20Para%20rowing%202.jpg)
Paris 2024: Ireland's Katie O'Brien looks forward to Paralympic debut
Katie O'Brien is preparing for her Paralympic debut at Paris 2024, 12 years after watching the London 2012 Games
![Photo shows the start line of the Rowing Mixed Coxed Four - PR3Mix4+ at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.](/sites/default/files/2024-05/Para%20rowing%2C%20Tokyo%202020.jpg)
Paris 2024: Introduction to Para rowing
There will be up to 104 Para rowers competing in five medal events at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
![Three female players wearing eyeshades compete in goalball](/sites/default/files/2024-01/00%20Turkey%20goalball%20Tokyo%202020.jpg)
Road to Paris 2024: Get the latest on the qualification for the Paralympics
Get to know the major qualification events coming up and follow athletes on their journeys to the Games
![Two Para rowers - a male athlete and a female athlete - compete.](/sites/default/files/2024-01/Para%20rowing%201-%20Nikki%20Ayers%20and%20Jed%20Altschwager%20Australia.jpg)
The unstoppables in Para rowing: Meet Australia’s Nikki Ayers and Jed Altschwager
Australia's Nikki Ayers and Jed Altschwager won medals and set records in 2023, and they are looking forward to accomplishing much more together in 2024.
![A male and a female Para rower pose for a photograph while holding the French flag.](/sites/default/files/2023-09/World%20Rowing.jpg)
The cherry on the cake for French Para rowers Alberdi and Cadot
France’s Laurent Cadot and Elur Alberdi booked tickets for Paris 2024 after finishing third in the PR3 mixed double sculls at the 2023 World Rowing Championships
![a wide shot of a wheelchair rugby arena with spectators in the stands](/sites/default/files/2023-08/Champ%20de%20Mars%20Arena%20-%20Wheelchair%20Rugby%20configuration.jpg)
Paris 2024 Paralympic Games tickets to go on sale on 9 October
Half of the 2.8 million tickets available will be priced EUR 25 or less
![Four people pose for a photo in front of the Eiffel Tower](/sites/default/files/2023-08/Andrew%20in%20Paris.jpg)
Paris 2024 will be most spectacular Paralympics in history, says IPC President
Andrew Parsons pays tribute to work of Organising Committee on the one-year-to-go milestone
![A female athlete wearing Japan's red uniform sits on the Three Agitos monument.](/sites/default/files/2023-02/Asiya%20Mohammed%20Sururu%20in%20Tokyo%202020.jpg)
Kenya’s Para rower Sururu: “I wanted to fly” on water just like other athletes
Asiya Mohammed Sururu competed at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with “luck” and support from family and friends. Now, the double-amputee athlete is learning to walk
![A side view of a female athlete on a rowing boat.](/sites/default/files/2022-09/2022%20World%20Rowing%20Championships%20Skarstein.jpg)
World Rowing Championships showcase tough competition expected at Paris 2024
Norway's Birgit Skarstein won the PR1 women’s single sculls while Ukraine’s Roman Polianskyi topped the men's event at the 2022 World Championships in Racice, Czech Republic
![Moran Samuel pumps her fist after winning a silver medal in the PR1 women's single sculls final.](/sites/default/files/2022-06/Moran%20Samuel%20rowing%20tokyo%202020.jpg)
Pride Month: Moran Samuel on putting LGBTQ+ on the agenda
Paralympic medallist and world champion in Para rowing Moran Samuel writes about her experience as an LGBTQ+ athlete
![Spain’s PR3 mixed coxed four crew rowing](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Spain-rowing.jpeg)
A common goal unites Spanish rowing crew despite less than a month together
"Just a year ago many of us really didn’t know how to row"
![Female rower on her boat celebrates gold medal](/sites/default/files/2021-08/birgit-skarstein-getty.jpg)
Dominant performance sees Birgit Skarstein claim elusive Paralympic gold in Tokyo
Norwegian left behind the dissapointment from Rio 2016, where she just missed the podium, to secure a much-celebrated Tokyo 2020 title
![Man in row boat looks on](/sites/default/files/2019-09/roman-polianskyi-2.jpg)
Four rowers to defend Paralympic titles in Japan
Ukraine's Polianskyi and British Rowles, Whiteley and Fox look for back-to-back gold medals at the Sea Forest Waterway
![Rowing venue for Tokyo 2020](/sites/default/files/2021-06/Sea-Forest-Waterway-tokyo-rowing.jpg)
Nigeria Para rower Ijomah Kingsley has the appetite for success
'They’re world champions in powerlifting, in table tennis and in javelin, but rowing just doesn’t exist at that level yet. It’s a big deal for Nigeria'
![Double sculls crew with man and woman on boat](/sites/default/files/2021-06/lauren-rowles-laurence-whiteley.jpg)
British Para rower Lauren Rowles finds personal victories during pandemic
Training toward back-to-back Paralympic titles, Rowles also took time work on her mental health
![Rowing venue for Tokyo 2020](/sites/default/files/2021-06/Sea-Forest-Waterway-tokyo-rowing.jpg)
Qualification process for Para rowing at Tokyo 2020 completed
Four countries have been selected to send boats in PR2 Mix2x and PR3 Mix4+ events
![rower raises arms to celebrate gold medal on podium](/sites/default/files/images/170619115814858_roman%2Bpolianskyi.jpg)
Hardships help Ukrainian Para rower Roman Polianskyi become stronger
From loss of his parents to escaping war in 2014, Paralympic and world champion keeps defying adversities