Past America's Cup campaigns, though, have recruited male rowers and turned them into grinders.

Zhang Xingbo (born 1981-04-13) is a male Chinese rower.

Then, last May 16, while Laumann was warming up for a race in Essen, Germany, two male rowers cut across her path.

With 5 gold medals and 1 bronze, Redgrave is the most successful male rower in Olympic history.

Song Kai (born 1984-01-29) is a male Chinese rower, who will compete for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Additionally, an award bearing his name is given out each year to a male rower who epitomizes his will to keep fighting in the face of adversity.

Zhao Linquan (born 1987-04-01) is a male Chinese rower.

His scenes of male rowers in their sculls on the Schuylkill are certainly poetic, but seem far away from us in time.

Tomkins was also the oldest male rower to win an Olympic gold medal, surpassing Steve Redgrave.

Reinder Lubbers (born 6 November 1984 in Deventer) is a male rower from the Netherlands.