2005 World Rowing Junior Championships
Brandenburg, Germany 3 – 6 August 2005
A total of 690 athletes fro 51 countries are entered in the
2005 World Rowing Junior Championships which will be held
from 3 to 5 August in Brandenburg, Germany
The largest number of entries comes in the men’s double
scull, where 30 boats will be fighting for the medals. Host
country Germany has entered the highest number of boats, with
a crew entered in each of the 13 events.
Entries also include those of developing rowing countries
such as Armenia, with Makar Sargsyan the single sculler who
raced last week-end at the World Rowing Under-23 Championships
in Amsterdam, the Netherlands racing again. Moldova will also
be racing, with 13 athletes entered in five boat classes.
To compete in the World Rowing Junior Championships, rowers
must be 18 years or under. An athlete can compete as a junior
until 31st December of the year in which s/he reaches the
age of 18. After that date s/he shall be classified an Under
23 rower.
The event will take place on the Beetzsee regatta course
in Brandenburg, approximately 70km outside of Berlin. The
course was last used for the Junior World Championships 20
years ago and has since gone through extensive renovations,
including a new finish tower, new administrative buildings,
boat houses, changing facilities as well as the permanent
big video screen.
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