Rowing Canada

Rowing Canada Aviron
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Sport	Rowing
Abbreviation	RCA
Founded	1880
Affiliation	FISA
www.rowingcanada.org/en/

Rowing Canada Aviron (RCA) is a non-profit organization recognized by the Government of Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee as the national governing body for the sport of rowing in Canada. RCA represents 15,000 registered members at all levels, novices, juniors, university students, adaptive, seniors and masters, whether they row for recreation, health and fitness or competition. This includes clubs such as the St. Catharines rowing club, and the Victoria City Rowing Club.

RCA was originally founded as "The Canadian Association of Amateur Oarsmen" in 1880 by the rowing clubs then in existence to coordinate and regulate the sport of amateur rowing.

RCA is a member of the Canadian Olympic Committee and the International Rowing Federation (FISA), the international federation for rowing.

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National members of the International Rowing Federation

Olympic Disciplines Sweep Coxless pair Coxless four Eight Sculling Single Double Quad Championship Disciplines Lightweight Men's Single, Pair, Quad, Eight Lightweight Women's Single, Quad Coxed pair Other Disciplines Coxed four Octuple scull Coastal and Ocean

Asia	AFG ARM BAN AZE BRN CHN HKG PLE SYR TKM UAE GEO INA JOR LIB MAS IND IRI IRQ JPN KAZ KGZ KOR KUW MGL MYA PHI PRK QAT PAK SIN SRI TPE THA UZB VIE

African	ALG ANG BUR CIV CMR EGY KEN GHA LBA MAD MAR MOZ NAM NGR NIG RSA SOM SEN SUD SWZ TUN UGA ZAM ZIM

Europe	ALB AUT BEL BIH BUL BLR CRO CYP DEN ESP EST FIN FRA GBR GER GIB GRE HUN IRL ISL ISR ITA LAT LTU MKD MON MDA ROU NOR NED POL POR RUS SRB SLO SUI SVK SWE TUR UKR

Oceania	AUS MDV NZL PHI VAN SAM TOG TGA

North & Central America	BAH BAR BER CAN CAY CUB CRC DOM ECU ESA GUA HON JAM NCA MEX PAN PUR USA

South America	ARG BRA BOL CPV COL CHI PAR PER URU VEN

Pinnacle Events World Championships Olympic Games

Sports governing bodies of Canada (CAN)

Summer Olympic sports	Archery Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchro Water Polo Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern Pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Indoor Beach Weightlifting Wrestling

Winter Olympic sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating Figure Speed & Short Track Ice Hockey Luge Skeleton Skiing Alpine Cross Country Nordic Combined Freestyle Jumping Snowboarding

Other IOC-recognized sports	Auto Racing Bandy Baseball Chess Cricket Dance Sport Floorball Orienteering Squash

Paralympic sports	Wheelchair Sports

Other sports	Quidditch Rugby League

Canadian Olympic Committee Canadian Paralympic Committee

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Rowing Canada

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