Rowing Sport In India

India s history in rowing dates back to the british era.

Rowing sport in india. Forget the legendary cambridge oxford boat race. Rowing training is offered by two types of bodies. In 1933 the amateur rowing association of the east arae was formed amongst clubs from the east and an annual regatta was organized in december every year. The rowing federation of india rfi hindi.

The first club the calcutta rowing club was founded in 1858. There are rowing clubs across india which were established at various stages over the last 175 years located at pune kolkata and chennai. Calcutta rowing club kolkata.

India rowing is inviting you to a scheduled zoom meeting. India rowing s zoom meeting online national umpires refresher seminar. It is affiliated with the indian olympic association and fédération internationale des sociétés d aviron and asian rowing federation. India s iconic rowing clubs continue to keep one of the oldest olympic sports alive.

The national rowing coaching camp to prepare indian rowers for participation in the 16th asian games 2010 china was inaugurated by shri vikas raj ias vc md of sports authority of a p on 5th mar 2009 at 10 30 am in the presence of col cp singh deo retd president of the rowing federation of india. Oct 7 2020 07 00 pm india. With a sporting tradition. The standard of racing was quite high and travelers from england brought the latest trends and innovations in the sport to india.

Three indian rowers have qualified for the 2012 london olympics.