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World Rowing Championships

Chungju World Rowing Championships
  • Chungju World Rowing Championships

  • Aims to improve the image and reputation of the city and to promote this target sports event and the local economy by hosting the World Rowing Championships in 2013

World Rowing Championships

◎ World sports event as popular as the Olympic Games
    - 36th Championships (in Munich) this year since 1962 (in Lausanne, Switzerland); about 80 countries participated in the event
    - About 300 million people watched the game on TV in Europe and the Americas

◎ FISA is targeting to expand rowing all over the world; the World Rowing Championships has been held in non-European countries
    - The World Rowing Championships was held in Japan in 2005 and is slated to be held in New Zealand in 2010.

Overview
  • ◎ When: June 2013 (for nine days) (FISA’s annual general meeting will be held during this period.)
  • ◎ Capacity: 2,200 athletes and staff from 80 countries
  • ◎ Where: Tangeumho Rowing Course
  • ◎ Organizer: FISA; promoter: Korea Rowing Association