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It was these rowers, whose only qualifications were their citizenship and their being able-bodied, who dealt the blow to the Persians at Salamis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

Recently all four rowers in one boat went down with sickness and diarrhoea.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

Along with Pat O'Callaghan, in 1928 and 1932, and rowers Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy, she becomes only the third Irish athlete to retain their Olympic gold medals.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2024

Harrington joins swimmer Daniel Wiffen, gymnast Rhys McClenaghan and rowers O’Donovan and McCarthy as Ireland’s gold medallists at a historic Games in Paris.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2024

The Pacific is no place for rowers, especially when they are weak and blind, when their lifeboats are large and unwieldy, and when the wind is not cooperating.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel