Rowing Chat

Mahe Drysdale on athlete unions

Mahe is leading The Athletes Co-operative who are bringing an employment case against High Performance Sport New Zealand. He discusses the issues around giving athletes a voice in elite sport. Show notes Our goals are to balance the power out. We want input to athlete welfare and to be respected and valued. When you see […]

Robin Williams – rowing technique

Robin Williams is best known for coaching the British womens pair to Olympic Gold medals in London 2012 and Rio 2016; and 11 years coaching Cambridge University for the Boat Race. A master technical coach, he talks about his new coaching business, technique videos and what it was like coaching Mahe Drysdale. He was previously […]

Mahé Drysdale

This last RowingChat podcast of the year is going out with a bang. We’re interviewing one of the biggest names in New Zealand rowing and an athlete who has raised the standard of the competitive sculling world…   Mahé Drysdale   Mahé has 10 World Gold Medals under his belt for his rowing career. A New Zealand sculler […]