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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Indoor rowing |
| Established | 2018 |
| Administrator | World Rowing |
TheWorld Indoor Rowing Championships is anindoor rowing championship competition organised byWorld Rowing. The competition has been held annually since 2018. So far, there have been championships organized in venues and with virtual formats.
The 2023 competition in Toronto, Canada was the first time a hybrid (virtual and in-person) competition was available to athletes.[1] It was also the first time the Versa Challenge provided qualified athletes the opportunity to compete for the title of the most fit 'versatile' indoor rower in the world.[1][2] Athletes competed in four surprise versa challenges over two days.[3] Finland'sJoel Naukkarinen and America'sElizabeth Gilmore earned the most points in the Men's and Women's Versa Challenge in February 2023.[3]
| Year | Location |
|---|---|
| 2018 |  Alexandria |
| 2019 | Long Beach |
| 2020 |  Paris |
| 2021 | Virtual |
| 2022 | Virtual |
| 2023 |  Toronto |
| 2024 |  Prague |
| 2025 | Virtual |
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 |  Phil Clapp (GBR) |  Joel Naukkarinen (FIN) | Vincent Matz (FRA) |
| 2021 | Phil Clapp (GBR) |  Anton Bondarenko (UKR) | Joel Naukkarinen (FIN) |
| 2022 | Phil Clapp (GBR) | Cameron Wharram (CAN) |  Anton Grassi (SVK) |
| 2023 | Phil Clapp (GBR) | Cameron Wharram (CAN) | Matt Snare (USA) |
| 2024 | Joonas Kuivalainen (FIN) | Thomas Wilson (GBR) | Chris Scott (GBR) |
| 2025 | Joonas Kuivalainen (FIN) | Matt Snare (USA) |  Spyridon Kalentzis (GRE) |
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Benjamin Reuter (GBR) | Joel Naukkarinen (FIN) | Tom Solesbury (GBR) |
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 (3 minutes) | Finland 1 (FIN) |  Egyptian National Team (EGY) | UK Armed Forces (GBR) |
| 2022 (3 minutes) | Finland (FIN) Egyptian Rowing Federation (EGY) | No Rowing For Old Men (GBR) | |
| 2023 (2000m) | The International Men of Mystery |  No Rowing For Old Men (GER) | Team FINLAND (FIN) |
| 2024 (2000m) | The International Men of Mystery | Team FINLAND (FIN) | Czech Team (CZE) |
| 2025 (2000m) | Team FINLAND (FIN) | NewWave Crossfit (GBR) | Gym Mettle (USA) |
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Team FINLAND (FIN) | NewWave Crossfit (GBR) | Titans of Piraeus (GRE) |
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Olena Buryak (UKR) | Luisa Neerschulte (GER) |  Rui Ju (CHN) |
| 2019 | Olena Buryak (UKR) | Brooke Mooney (USA) | Tracy Eisser (USA) |
| 2020 | Olena Buryak (UKR) | Helene Lefebvre (FRA) | Elodie Ravera (FRA) |
| 2021 | Kirsten Kline (USA) |  Sophie Souwer (NED) | Marilou Duvernay Tardif (CAN) |
| 2022 | Zhang Peixin (CHN) | Lv Yang (CHN) | Olena Buryak (UKR) |
| 2023 | Olena Buryak (UKR) | Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski (CAN) | Sydney Payne (CAN) |
| 2024 | Pavlina Flamikova (CZE) | Anna Santruckova (CZE) | Kathryn Mole (GBR) |
| 2025 | Elizabeth Gilmore (USA) | Louise Lefebvre (FRA) |  María Ángeles Macian (ESP) |
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 |  Margit Haahr Hansen (DEN) | Ghada Ibrahim (EGY) | Larysa Zhalinska (UKR) |
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 (3 minutes) | Egyptian National Team (EGY) | Finland (FIN) | Danish Masters Team (DEN) |
| 2022 (3 minutes) | Finland (FIN) | British Army (GBR) | Mannheim-Karlsruhe (GER) |
| 2023 (2000m) | Team FINLAND (FIN) | Nordisch by Nature (GER) | Team Live2Row (USA) |
| 2024 (2000m) | Team FINLAND (FIN) | Sexy Erg Screens | Impeccable Transitions |
| 2025 | Team FINLAND (FIN) | Impeccable Transitions | Swift Strokes 2.0 |
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (2000m) | Team FINLAND (FIN) | Golden Horseshoe Rowing (CAN) | Rowers' Relay: Forward to Victory (UKR) |
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Finland 1 (FIN) | Egyptian National Team (EGY) | Concept Fitness |
| 2022 | Egyptian National Team (EGY) | Finland (FIN) | British Army (GBR) |
| 2023 | Team FINLAND (FIN) | Freespeed |  KSA Team Mix (KSA) |
| 2024 | Team FINLAND (FIN) | Freespeed | Dream Team 2024 |
