Austrian Rowing Association
| Austrian Rowing Association | |
|---|---|
| Founded | June 20, 1891 |
| Place of foundation | Vienna |
| president | Horst Nussbaumer |
| societies | 50 |
| Members | 4580 |
| Homepage | http://www.rudern.at |
The Austrian Rowing Association ( ÖRV ) is the umbrella organization under which the Austrian state rowing associations are grouped.
task
The ÖRV is responsible for the organization of Austrian rowing , its events and international activities. Furthermore, it defines the rules with the help of the "Rowing Competition Regulations" (RWB). With the help of a multi-part selection system, rowers or boats are formed and nominated for international loading.
Other areas of the ÖRV are master rowing, university rowing, various hiking trips and the “Rowing with handicaps” project, which was started in 2010 and is intended to promote adaptive rowing in Austria.
Structure & infrastructure
The president of the ÖRV is the former racing rower Horst Nussbaumer. This is supported by 3 vice presidents and several administrative bodies at federal and state level.
In October 2012 the Danish trainer Carsten Hassing was successfully brought to the ÖRV as national trainer and from now on takes on the role of a "trainer-trainer". First of all, he should help the base trainers and department heads with their work and provide advice.
For the implementation of events there are a large number of other administrative bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the individual tasks.
The ÖRV has 3 performance centers across Austria. One in Völkermarkt, which the Danish national team visits every year. Another is in Vienna, which was built in 1991 during the World Cup. The third performance center is located on the regatta course in Linz-Ottensheim, on which international competitions have already been held several times and the rowing world championships will take place in 2019 . Each of the 3 support points is assigned its own support point trainer.
history
Modern rowing found its way into Austria in the 1860s, when young travelers to England brought this idea home and thus laid the foundation for the Austrian rowing sport. It all began on the Vienna Danube floodplains, which as a result have been called the “cradle of rowing”. Over time, the number of people practicing also grew, and so in 1863 the first Austrian rowing club, the “1. Viennese rowing club LIA ” founded. In the first years the association concentrated on the procurement of materials and learning the technology. When the foundations were laid for proper exercise, there was an initial interest in running races, and so it was for the first time in 1868 that an organized race was held. Rowing became more and more popular, and so it came about that in the 1870s rowing clubs were founded elsewhere in Austria. a. in Linz , Klagenfurt am Wörthersee and Stein. Soon there was also the first international participation in Budapest. When the first Austrian regattas were held, it quickly became clear that the work would be difficult to carry out without a uniform set of rules. Therefore, in 1874 the "Vienna Regatta Committee" , later renamed the "Vienna Regatta Association" , was founded. Shortly afterwards the “Carinthian Regatta Club” was founded. With the help of these associations, uniform regulations could be established, so that future regattas could take place in a much more organized manner.
In 1882 the Wiener Regatta-Verein was also represented at a German rowing congress, at which, however, such great differences of opinion developed that the Wiener Regatta-Verein did not want to join the DRV or left it again. So it came about that in 1891, after many years of effort, the Austrian Rowing Association was founded in Vienna. 15 clubs were represented in the ÖRV at that time. On June 25th, 1892 the world rowing organization FISA was founded. Austria was one of the founding members. At the 1900 Olympic Games in Stockholm , rowing was also included in the Olympic program. The first Austrian participant was Alfred Heinrich from the WRC Pirate . Rowing was interrupted in Austria during the war years. Many boat houses were used by the military for supply purposes and were left in a desolate condition. Since many rowers had to call up for military service, there was practically no rowing business.
As countries guilty of the World War, Austria and Germany were excluded from FISA in 1920, and so it was no longer possible to take part in the regattas organized by FISA. These two countries were also not invited to the 1920 Olympic Games. Only in 1934 could Austria rejoin FISA. Despite the difficult conditions, rowing flourished more and more. More clubs were founded and more and more people took part in the action.
The annexation of Austria to Germany gave rowing a fresh impetus. Important financial resources were made available and women's rowing became an increasingly important part. Membership numbers rose rapidly, as did regatta participation. Through the integration into the DRV, the ÖRV left the FISA again. It was not until 1947 that the ÖRV was accepted into FISA for the third time.
Women's rowing, now part of the rowing sport, was incorporated into the Austrian championship for the first time in 1955. For men, these had been around since 1921. In 1958, the championships for juniors followed.
In 1962 the world championships for men were held for the first time, and from 1974 also for women. From 1976 women rowing was Olympic. Originally the official distance for women was only 1,000 m. From 1985 the same conditions applied as for the men, and so from then on women also competed against each other over 2,000 m. In 1970 the first Junior World Championships in rowing took place in Ioannina , Greece over a distance of 1,500 m. From 1988, however, 2,000 m was the official distance here as well. With the increasing organization on an international level, rowing events in Austria became more and more modern. The level of training was further increased and could be implemented more and more professionally with the existing material, which has continuously improved over the years.
The 1980s and 1990s were particularly successful in rowing for Austria. Several podium places, occasionally also gold medals, were achieved by the Austrian rowers at world championships. In 1992 Jonke / Zerbst even won Olympic silver in the men's heavy double scull. This was last the case in Rome in 1960 .
Another multiple successful duo were the rowers Christoph Schmölzer and Walter Rantasa . Together they won four gold, two silver and one bronze medals at world championships in 1989–1995. They rowed together in the easy double sculls and also for three years in the easy double sculls.
In the 2000s, the ÖRV was unable to follow up on the successes of the 1980s and 1990s. However, there were still some A-finals in international competitions, as well as two World Cup victories in 2012 by Michaela Taupe-Traer .
At the 2012 Olympic Games, the ÖRV was left with nothing for the second time. After the debacle at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled , none of the boats was able to qualify in the remaining quota regatta at the Rotsee in Lucerne .
Considered a failure for the time being, the year turned for the better. At the U23 World Championships in Trakai , Lithuania , there were two golds from Sieber / Sieber in the men's easy double scull and Lobnig / Farthofer in the difficult women's double scull. At the A-World Cup in Plovdiv , Bulgaria , Michaela Taupe-Traer was able to turn the tide again and took silver in an easy single.