The Wild Rowing rankings provide a comparison of beach sprint athletes worldwide based on recent participation and results in international and open regattas. Expand the tabs below to see the world’s top 32 athletes.
More information on how these work is available in the rankings system and data sources.
| 1 | Magdalena Lobnig | AUT | 2200 |
| 2 | Laura Mckenzie | GBR | 1660 |
| 3 | Teresa Diaz | ESP | 1200 |
| 4 | Esther Briz | ESP | 1160 |
| 5 | Raminta Morkunaite | LTU | 1080 |
| 6 | Isabella Scammell | AUS | 1025 |
| 7 | Emma Twigg | NZL | 1000 |
| 8 | Pamela Patricia Noya Reyes | PER | 805 |
| 9 | Parisa Chaempudsa | THA | 800 |
| 10 | Bruna Parente | POR | 700 |
| 11 | Audrey Boersen | USA | 685 |
| 12 | Elizabeth Newell | AUS | 660 |
| 13 | Wenjie Zhu | CHN | 650 |
| 14 | Sonia Baluzzo | ARG | 640 |
| 15 | Julia Tertuente | GER | 620 |
| 16 | Khadija Krimi | TUN | 600 |
| 17 | Christine Cavallo | USA | 590 |
| 18 | Violante Lama | RSA | 575 |
| 19 | Catherine Khan | AUS | 530 |
| 20 | Yiran Liu | CHN | 480 |
| 21 | Federica Cesarini | ITA | 460 |
| 22 | Helene Lefebvre | FRA | 420 |
| 23 | Maria Elena Zerboni | ITA | 370 |
| 24 | Habiba Ali | EGY | 360 |
| 25 | Chiara Halama | AUT | 350 |
| 26 | Sera Busse | USA | 345 |
| 27 | Tiia-Maria Rauttola | FIN | 315 |
| 28 | Fiorela Rodriguez | PAR | 280 |
| 29 | Isabel van Opzeeland | NED | 270 |
| 30 | Zoi Fitsiou | GRE | 260 |
| 30 | Martyna Kazlauskaite | LTU | 260 |
| 32 | Jekaterina Simanovica | LAT | 245 |
| 1 | Ander Martin | ESP | 2080 |
| 2 | Christopher Bak | USA | 2000 |
| 3 | Franz Werner | GER | 1480 |
| 4 | Moritz Wolff | GER | 1440 |
| 5 | Zygimantas Galisanskis | LTU | 860 |
| 6 | Omar Elkomaty | EGY | 840 |
| 7 | Zhijin Li | CHN | 820 |
| 8 | Mathis Nottelet | FRA | 715 |
| 9 | Geronimo Hamann Zlatar | PER | 710 |
| 10 | Gabriele Loconsole | ITA | 685 |
| 11 | Murray Bales-Smith | RSA | 650 |
| 12 | Joel Naukkarinen | FIN | 630 |
| 13 | Samuel Forbes | AUS | 600 |
| 13 | Qingyao Li | CHN | 600 |
| 13 | Miguel Salas | ESP | 600 |
| 16 | Oscar Scheel Gamborg | AUS | 555 |
| 17 | Lucio Fugazzotto | ITA | 520 |
| 18 | Leopold Wiesinger | AUT | 480 |
| 18 | Ravi | IND | 480 |
| 18 | Mohamed Rayen Hafsa | TUN | 480 |
| 21 | Benjamin Pechan | VAN | 465 |
| 22 | Adrian Miramon | ESP | 460 |
| 23 | Malachi Anderson | USA | 405 |
| 24 | Nawamin Dechudomrat | THA | 360 |
| 25 | David Faria Souza | BRA | 350 |
| 26 | Fabian Baranski | POL | 340 |
| 27 | Erwin Wiltenburg | NED | 325 |
| 28 | Jiayu Liu | CHN | 300 |
| 28 | Federico Ceccarino | ITA | 300 |
| 30 | Axel Haack | ARG | 280 |
| 30 | James Cox | GBR | 280 |
| 32 | Vincent Schreiber | AUT | 270 |
| 1 | Martyna Kazlauskaite | LTU | 2160 |
| 2 | Sera Busse | USA | 1465 |
| 3 | Patricia Batista | POR | 1180 |
| 4 | Chloe Briard | FRA | 1050 |
| 5 | Julia Tertuente | GER | 1030 |
| 6 | Raminta Morkunaite | LTU | 1000 |
| 7 | Federica Cesarini | ITA | 940 |
| 8 | Dominika Baranowska | POL | 900 |
| 9 | Pamela Patricia Noya Reyes | PER | 845 |
| 10 | Khadija Krimi | TUN | 825 |
| 11 | Isabella Scammell | AUS | 730 |
| 12 | Sonia Baluzzo | ARG | 620 |
| 13 | Jingyu Li | CHN | 600 |
| 14 | Catherine Khan | AUS | 595 |
| 15 | Nadia Felipe Garcia | ESP | 580 |
| 16 | Elizabeth Newell | AUS | 560 |
| 17 | Majdouline El Allaoui | MAR | 530 |
| 18 | Parisa Chaempudsa | THA | 480 |
| 19 | Chiara Halama | AUT | 445 |
| 20 | Sophie Leupold | GER | 420 |
| 21 | Teresa Diaz | ESP | 400 |
| 22 | Maryam Abdellatif | EGY | 360 |
| 22 | Thi Anh Tho Nguyen | VIE | 360 |
| 24 | Aleksandra Andrzejewska | POL | 345 |
| 25 | Eeva Karppinen | FIN | 280 |
| 26 | Isabel van Opzeeland | NED | 250 |
| 27 | Audrey Boersen | USA | 245 |
| 28 | Hanene Benaddou | ALG | 240 |
| 28 | Sophia Wightman | AUS | 240 |
| 28 | Binti Zakaria Nurzarinah | MAS | 240 |
| 28 | Devi Kailasa Lockwood | SYR | 240 |
| 32 | Gao Hongze | CHN | 230 |
| 1 | Dominykas Jancionis | LTU | 2160 |
| 2 | Christopher Bak | USA | 1600 |
| 3 | Afonso Duarte Costa | POR | 1180 |
| 4 | Adam Bujnowski | POL | 1160 |
| 5 | Zygimantas Galisanskis | LTU | 1000 |
| 6 | Moritz Wolff | GER | 970 |
| 7 | Federico Ceccarino | ITA | 880 |
| 8 | Geronimo Hamann Zlatar | PER | 845 |
| 9 | Mohamed Rayen Hafsa | TUN | 825 |
| 10 | Oscar Scheel Gamborg | AUS | 730 |
| 11 | Antoine Lefebvre | FRA | 625 |
| 12 | Santiago Ferrer | ARG | 620 |
| 13 | Yechang Zhao | CHN | 600 |
| 14 | Abderrahmane El Alej | MAR | 530 |
| 15 | Mathis Nottelet | FRA | 490 |
| 16 | Daniel Johnston | AUS | 480 |
| 16 | Adrian Miramon | ESP | 480 |
| 16 | Franz Werner | GER | 480 |
| 16 | Siripong Chaiwichitchonkul | THA | 480 |
| 20 | Miguel Salas | ESP | 420 |
| 21 | Samuel Forbes | AUS | 360 |
| 21 | Leopold Wiesinger | AUT | 360 |
| 21 | Hozain Ahmed Elatiq | EGY | 360 |
| 21 | Tien Dung Khuc | VIE | 360 |
| 25 | Vangelys Reinke Pereira | BRA | 340 |
| 26 | Malachi Anderson | USA | 305 |
| 27 | Michiel Mantel | NED | 290 |
| 28 | Joel Naukkarinen | FIN | 280 |
| 28 | Benjamin Pechan | VAN | 280 |
| 30 | Blake Whyatt | AUS | 250 |
| 31 | Mohamed Fatah | ALG | 240 |
| 31 | Azman Hakeem Bin Sharudin | MAS | 240 |
Rankings updated 2/10/2026
Rankings System
The Wild Rowing Rankings don’t intend to accurately predict the outcome of beach sprint regattas, but instead to understand who are the key athletes to watch based on recent participation and results. The system is designed to be relatively simple, and is explained below:
To be included, regattas must have taken place in the previous year, noting that only one annual edition of each regatta will be included (and in some cases a regatta may be included though it took place, say, 11 or 12 months ago).
Only the Olympic disciplines (senior men’s solos, women’s solos and mixed doubles) count towards this ranking. Junior and masters events, and other boat types, are not included.
Each discipline within each included regatta is assigned a total point value depending on the number of participating nations (or teams that may be considered equivalent to national teams). The point values are:
- 1000: World championships
- 600: Continental championships
- 500: Races with a minimum of 20 national teams
- 400: Races with a minimum of 15 national teams
- 300: Races with a minimum of 10 national teams
- 200: Races with a minimum of 5 national teams
- 100: Races with a minimum of 2 national teams
Participants within each discipline then gain a number of points relative to their finishing place in the race. The distribution is:
- 1st Place: 100%
- 2nd Place: 80%
- 3rd Place: 60%
- 4th Place: 40%
- Eliminated in Quarterfinals: 20%
- Eliminated in Knockout Round: 10%
- Eliminated in Time Trials: 5%
If an athlete does not finish the final time trial in a race, they are treated as if they did not compete, and gain no points.
In the case of a regatta being cancelled after the time trial, the top four places will gain half the points that they would have gained if the full regatta was completed, and all other places will only gain the 5% for being eliminated in time trials.
For the overall rankings, the five best results (in points value) of each athlete are considered. These five points values are then added together, and the athletes are ranked according to total points.
The men’s and women’s rankings in the mixed double are worked out separately, without considering the teammate of each athlete. In that respect they are individual, not team, rankings.
Data Sources
The data used in these rankings is taken from the following regattas. Note that the initial rankings date from the 2025 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals. Subsequent rankings, following the 2026 world championships, will aim to include the most recent edition of each regatta. (Note: Because the 2026 African continental championships won’t take place before the 2026 world championships, the 2025 edition is included.)
Only regattas that can be considered “international” are included (in most cases, this means that national championships do not count). Some regattas that most likely should be included are not in this list simply because the results of those regattas aren’t publicly available online, or are significantly incomplete.
If a regatta is missing from this list and you believe that is an error, or if you notice mistakes in the spelling of names or assignation of which nation a rower competes for, please contact us.
2026 Santa Fe 2026 South American Games
- Date: 22-23/9/2026
- Ranking Points (Participation):
- CW1x: 200 (7)
- CM1x: 200 (8)
- CMix2x: 200 (8)
- Data: Santa Fe 2026
2026 European Beach Sprint Championships
- Date: 16-17/9/2026
- Ranking Points: 600
- Data: World Rowing
2026 Oceania Beach Sprint Championships
- Date: 2-5/9/2026
- Ranking Points: 600
- Data: Rowing Manager
2026 Swedish Beach Sprint Championships
- Date: 19-30/8/2026
- Ranking Points (Participation):
- CW1x: 100 (3)
- CM1x: 100 (3)
- CMix2x: 100 (2)
- Data: Crew Timer
2026 Baltic Beach Sprint Championships
- Date: 8-9/8/2026
- Ranking Points (Participation):
- CW1x: 100 (4)
- CM1x: 100 (4)
- CMix2x: 100 (4)
- Data: Lithuanian Rowing Federation
2026 Boston Beach Sprints
- Date: 24-26/7/2026
- Ranking Points (Participation):
- CW1x: 100 (3)
- CM1x: 100 (3)
- CMix2x: 100 (3)
- Data: Regatta Master
2026 1924 Pharoes Trophy
- Date: 24-26/7/2026
- Ranking Points (Participation):
- CW1x: 500 (22)
- CM1x: 500 (23)
- CMix2x: 400 (19)
- Data: Results
2026 Czech Beach Sprint Cup
- Date: 18/7/2026
- Ranking Points (Participation):
- CW1x: 100 (3)
- CM1x: 100 (3)
- CMix2x: 100 (3)
- Data: Czech Rowing Association
2026 Long Beach Sprints
- Date: 27-28/6/2026
- Ranking Points (Participation):
- CW1x: 100 (3)
- CM1x: 100 (3)
- CMix2x: 100 (3)
- Data: ClockCaster
2026 Asian Rowing Beach Sprint Championships
- Date: 4-7/6/2026
- Ranking Points: 600
- Data: Results
2026 Filippi Trophy – Stage 4
- Date: 5-7/6/2026
- Ranking Points (Participation):
- CW1x: 500 (25)
- CM1x: 500 (23)
- CMix2x: 500 (21)
- Data: Canottaggio Service
2026 Americas Beach Sprint Championship
- Date: 13-17/5/2026
- Ranking Points: 600
- Data: Results
2026 Filippi Trophy – Stage 3
- Date: 8-10/5/2026
- Ranking Points (Participation):
- CW1x: 400 (16)
- CM1x: 400 (17)
- CMix2x: 300 (13)
- Data: Canottaggio Service
2026 International Coastal Rowing Beach Sprints LNC
- Date: 1-3/5/2026
- Ranking Points (Participation):
- CW1x: 300 (11)
- CM1x: 300 (12)
- CMix2x: 300 (10)
- Data: Results
2026 Copa América Beach Sprint
- Date: 20-26/4/2026
- Ranking Points (Participation):
- CW1x: 200 (7)
- CM1x: 200 (9)
- CMix2x: 200 (8)
- Data: Results
2026 Filippi Trophy – Stage 2
- Date: 17-19/4/2026
- Ranking Points (Participation):
- CW1x: 300 (13)
- CM1x: 400 (17)
- CMix2x: 200 (9)
- Data: Canottaggio Service
2026 Filippi Trophy – Stage 1
- Date: 27-29/3/2026
- Ranking Points (Participation):
- CW1x: 200 (9)
- CM1x: 300 (12)
- CMix2x: 200 (8)
- Data: Canottaggio Service
2025 SEA Games
- Date: 19/12/2025
- Ranking Points (Participation):
- CW1x: 200 (6)
- CM1x: 200 (5)
- Data: SEA Games
2025 Commonwealth Rowing Association Beach Sprint Championships
- Date: 21-25/11/2025
- Ranking Points (Participation):
- CW1x: 200 (5)
- CM1x: 200 (8)
- CMix2x: 200 (6)
- Data: Regatta Master
2025 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals
- Date: 6-9/11/2025
- Ranking Points: 1,000
- Data: World Rowing
2025 African Rowing Beach Sprint Championships
- Date: 28-29/10/2025
- Ranking Points: 600
- Data: World Rowing