The sport of rowing
was the spark which brought the Nautical Club of Thessaloniki into
being and during the first years it was the only sport offered.
From the beginning the NCTh was a forerunner in rowing despite the
occurrence of the German occupation during which the boats had been
confiscated or destroyed. After the liberation NCTh was able to reorganize
and regain its place as a leader of nautical sports in Greece.
Toward the end of the 1940's the NCTh achieved the title of "Most
Winning Club" and sent crews both to the London Olympics in 1948 and
Helsinki in 1952. |
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The extraordinary evolution of the rowing department in the 1960's - called
the club's "Regeneration" - led the NCTh to eight continuous titles of "Most
Winning Club" in the 1980's. NCTh's prevailing role in the sport has lead
to the continuous recruitment of the club's athletes to the National team
and many distinctions in national and even international championships. High points have been the world bronze medal in 1998 earned by Lia Kokkinou crewing the Women’s Quadruple Sculls, the world silver medal of Giorgos Tsiobanidis in 2005 crewing the Coxless Pair under 23 and the world silver medals of Giorgos Tsiobanidis and Pavlos Gavriilidis crewing the Greek Coxless Four under 23. |
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The NCTh with rich know-how
in regatta-organization, has conducted the "International Rowing Regatta"
since 1991, the only regatta in Greece organized exclusively by a club. |
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