oarsman

He'd hoped to be back as an oarsman within a day or two but he is still not in the best shape.

From BBC ● May 1, 2021

Now I am drifting through a long afternoon, or beached like an oarsman who has run out of water.

From The Guardian ● May 7, 2020

Baldomero Ballesteros Sr. was a local champion oarsman, with the same long arms and strong will as his youngest son.

From Golf Digest ● Apr. 13, 2020

The dark evergreens in the foreground and the luminous mountain in the background dwarf a solitary oarsman on a serene expanse of water.

From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2013

He was a former Columbia oarsman himself, he said, and after watching their recent exploits he had decided to send his son west for college so he too might become a great crewman.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

These oarsmen went on to be significant contributors to their communities, from surgeons and veterinarians to bankers and executives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

Both oarsmen competed in the previous two races, with Ferraro hoping for a hat-trick and Doran wishing to break a losing streak.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2025

Cortés deployed newly built brigantines with sails, oarsmen and cannon while blockading supplies of food and fresh water to the city.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2021

Originally, a flute-player would have provided the rhythm - ancient Greek navies didn’t use whips, and the oarsmen were free citizens.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 16, 2018

Among them they sported twenty separate dressing rooms, four shower rooms, twenty hot-water showers, storage on the ground level for ninety-seven racing shells, and rooms full of massage tables for bone-weary oarsmen.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown