# 2016 World Rowing U23 Championships

The 12th World Rowing U23 Championships was held from 21 to 26 August 2016 at the Willem-Alexander Baan in Rotterdam, Netherlands in conjunction with the World Junior Rowing Championships and the World Rowing Championships. The annual rowing regatta is organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation), and held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| BLM1x | Niels Van Zandweghe Belgium | 07:31.96 | Jonathan Rommelmann Germany | 07:32.85 | Alexis López Mexico | 07:37.80 |
| BLM2- | Switzerland Fiorin Rüedi Joel Schürch | 06:26.47 | Greece Stefanos Douskos Ioannis Petrou | 06:29.25 | Turkey Mert Kaan Kartal Fatih Ünsal | 06:30.92 |
| BLM2x | Spain Adrià Mitjavila Rodrigo Conde | 06:52.31 | Italy Antonio Vicino Lorenzo Galano | 06:54.70 | France Benjamin David Adrian Constantini | 06:58.27 |
| BLM4- | Italy Alberto Di Seyssel Stefano Oppo Piero Sfiligoi Paolo Di Girolamo | 06:19.29 | Germany Hendrik Kaltenborn Fabio De Oliveira Felix Brummel Alexander Kevin Diedrich | 06:21.49 | Great Britain Edward Fisher Benjamin Reeves Jonathan Jackson Alastair Douglass | 06:25.22 |
| BLM4x | Great Britain Hugo Coussens Oliver Varley Matthew Curtis Gavin Horsburgh | 05:53.15 | Germany Julian Schneider Elias Dreismickenbecker Jonas Felix Weller Philipp Grebner | 05:54.68 | Italy Alfonso Scalzone Edoardo Buoli Davide Magni Gabriel Soares | 05:54.74 |
| BM1x | Tim Ole Naske Germany | 07:23.37 | Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk Poland | 07:26.21 | Michal Plocek Czech Republic | 07:28.25 |
| BM2- | Serbia Viktor Pivač Martin Mačković | 06:58.01 | France Romuald Thomas Raphaël Lescieux | 06:59.44 | United States Jovanni Stefani Brennan Wertz | 07:02.04 |
| BM2x | Germany Max Appel Philipp Syring | 06:40.81 | Norway Martin Helseth Erik André Solbakken | 06:41.81 | Netherlands Amos Keijser Abe Wiersma | 06:44.00 |
| BM4- | Austria Florian Walk Gabriel Hohensasser Christoph Seifriedberger Ferdinand Querfeld | 05:50.20 | Great Britain James Johnston Thomas George James Rudkin Lewis McCue | 05:50.60 | New Zealand James Mcanallen Thomas Clyma Hugo Elworthy Thomas Jenkins | 05:53.90 |
| BM4+ | New Zealand Martin O'Leary Cameron Webster Charles Rogerson Phillip Wilson Sam Bosworth | 06:08.50 | Italy Raffaele Giulivo Filippo Mondelli Leonardo Calabrese Leonardo Pietra Caprina Giorgio Crippa | 06:09.34 | Australia Jack Cleary Texas Lawton Sam Hardy Henry Youl Louis Copolov | 06:09.93 |
| BM4x | Australia Robert Black Caleb Antill Luke Letcher Thomas Schramko | 06:07.51 | New Zealand Jordan Parry Cameron Crampton Oliver Stephens Jack O'Leary | 06:07.97 | Italy Ivan Capuano Luca Rambaldi Emanuele Fiume Giacomo Gentili | 06:08.97 |
| BM8+ | Netherlands Michiel Oyen Nelson Ritsema Michiel Mantel Jaap Scholten Maarten Hurkmans Simon van Dorp Lex van den Herik Max Ponsen Diederick van Engelenburg | 05:54.10 | Great Britain Calum Irvine Oliver Wynne-Griffith Matthew Benstead Timothy Livingstone David Bewicke-Copley Sholto Carnegie Robert Hurn Arthur Doyle Ian Middleton | 05:57.26 | Germany Malte Daberkow Jakob Schneider Malte Grossmann Finn Knüppel Christopher Reinhardt Laurits Follert Jacob Schulte-Bockholt Marc Leske Jonas Wiesen | 05:59.23 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| BLW1x | Marieke Keijser Netherlands | 08:16.14 | Nicole van Wyk South Africa | 08:27.18 | Kenia Lechuga Alanis Mexico | 08:32.74 |
| BLW2x | Netherlands Amber Kraak Anne-Marie Schonk | 07:30.32 | New Zealand Lucy Jonas Jackie Kiddle | 07:32.27 | Italy Federica Cesarini Valentina Rodini | 07:33.85 |
| BLW4x | Italy Paola Piazzolla Asja Maregotto Allegra Francalacci Giorgia Lo Bue | 06:27.28 | Switzerland Lara Eichenberger Fabienne Schweizer Serafina Merloni Pauline Delacroix | 06:29.04 | Germany Sophia Krause Samantha Nesajda Kathrin Morbe Leonie Neuhaus | 06:34.64 |
| BW1x | Ieva Adomavičiūtė Lithuania | 08:20.49 | Lovisa Claesson Sweden | 08:23.90 | Carlotta Nwajide Germany | 08:26.38 |
| BW2- | Canada Hillary Janssens Nicole Hare | 07:07.49 | Italy Carmela Pappalardo Ludovica Serafini | 07:09.84 | Russia Kira Yuvchenko Elizaveta Kornienko | 07:10.30 |
| BW2x | Great Britain Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne Jess Leyden | 07:23.46 | Belarus Tatsiana Klimovich Krystina Staraselets | 07:29.260 | Romania Bejinariu Viviana-Iuliana Ioana Vrînceanu | 07:31.22 |
| BW4- | United States Kendall Brewer Gia Doonan Regina Salmons Sarah Dougherty | 06:27.28 | Romania Ana-Maria Simion Alina Ligia Pop Madalina Heghes Diana Mihai | 06:32.94 | Netherlands Hermijntje Drenth Eline Feitsma Ymkje Clevering Veronique Meester | 06:33.53 |
| BW4x | Poland Marta Wieliczko Krystyna Lemanczyk Olga Michalkiewicz Katarzyna Zillmann | 06:19.10 | Germany Frauke Hundeling Anne Beenken Juliane Faralisch Michaela Staelberg | 06:20.22 | France Laura Tarantola Camille Juillet Marie Jacquet Anne-Sophie Marzin | 06:21.20 |
| BW8+ | United States Erin Briggs Cassandra Johnson Kendall Brewer Gia Doonan Regina Salmons Sarah Dougherty Georgia Ratcliff Kendall Chase Colette Lucas-Conwell | 06:36.90 | Great Britain Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne Alice Bowyer Emily Ford Chloe Brew Holly Hill Madeline Badcott Anna Thornton Heidi Long Sasha Adwani | 06:44.06 | Russia Yana Tolstokorova Anna Korenkova Olga Nesterenko Elena Oriabinskaia Ekaterina Sevostianova Anna Karpova Anna Aksenova Valentina Plaksina Ekaterina Kopaeva | 06:45.50 |