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34th National Rowing Championship – Overview

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34th Senior National Rowing Championship was held at Hyderabad, Telangana from 25th to 31st January, 2016 which was organised by Rowing Federation of India. There were participants from 20 states and the event was categorised under 10 heads.

  • There were total 27 medals including 9 Gold, 9 Silver and 9 Bronze.

34th National Rowing Championship - OverviewFinal Medal tally of top 5 states

Sr. no.StateGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Punjab415
2All India Police224
3Odisha22
4Kerala1124
5Chandigarh33

Here is the list of winners

CategoryWinner
Senior Women
Open single scullsNavneet Kaur (Pun)
Double scullsHarpreet Kaur & Navneet Kaur (Pun)
Coxless foursOdisha (Pramila Prava Minz, Pratima Puhana, Sanjukta Dung, Manjula Xess)
PairsSanjukta Dung & Manjula Xess (Odi)
Senior Men
Single scullsSandeep Kumar (All India Police)
Lt wt double scullsG. Vishnu Prasad & Arjun B. Panicker (Ker)
Coxless fourPunjab (Lachhman Singh, Sushil Kumar, Robin Mangar, Rohit Kumar)
Lt wt coxless foursAll India Police (Dharmendra Choudhary, Nitesh Kumar Lall, Ravinderjit Singh, Jagsir Singh)
PairsGurwinder Singh & Karamjeet Singh (Pun)


About Rowing Federation of India (RFI):
Established on August 30, 1976, Rowing Federation of India is the central body for the game of rowing in India. It is affiliated with the Indian Olympic Association and Federation Internationale des Societes d’Aviron.

  • Till date the RFI has 20 affiliated state and national bodies under it.
  • Headquarter – Chennai
  • President – Mrs. Rajlaxmi Singh Deo