Wikipedia:WikiProject Rowing/FISA database errors
As with any large database, there are errors. The experience by Wikipedians who have been in touch with the International Rowing Federation about these (potential) mistakes is that there is sometimes little initiative to address those issues. This page serves as a depository for such potential mistakes, so that interested parties can report errors, or look up whether a potential error is already listed.
Duplicate entries
Some rowers appear to be listed under more than one ID. See also: wikidata:Wikidata:Database reports/Constraint violations/P2091#"Single value" violations.
Wrong gender
Mixed profiles
| FISA ID and name | English WP | Issue |
|---|---|---|
| Flemming JENSEN at World Rowing; second profile missing | Flemming Jensen (born 1914) Flemming Jensen (fl. 1980s) |
Born in 1913 (FISA) or 1914 (Sports Ref), but apparently competed at World Championships in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987 Probably two different individuals sharing the same name, with the older one with a Sports Reference entry. |
| Martin SCHUETZE at World Rowing; Frank SCHUETZE at World Rowing | Martin Schütze (Q47454932) Frank Schütze (Q19393065) |
The East German Martin Schütze is listed as having competed in 1977 with the M4+ for West Germany. According to the RRK 08 website, it was rather the West German Frank Schütze who competed in that boat. |
| Danilo FRAQUELLI at World Rowing | Danilo Fraquelli | Something is wrong with the listed competitions. Born in 1968, he starts competing internationally at the 1989 World Rowing Championships (aged 21) with the LM8+. Then in 1994 (he was 26 by then), he suddenly appears with a couple of entries at the Nations Cup, which is today called the U23 championships. Is Stefano Fraquelli (born 1972) a younger brother? Do the 1994 Nations Cup results belong to Stefano? |
| Elena OPREA-HORVATH at World Rowing | Elena Horvat | Did she really compete at the 1971 European Rowing Championships and win a bronze medal as a 13-year-old? There's an interesting discussion on the talk page of her German article. |
| Terence SANDERS at World Rowing | Terence Sanders | 1924 Olympian, born 1901. Listed participation 1996–1999 belongs to a different person. 1996-1999 was Robert, not Terence. |
| Elena LEBEDEVA at World Rowing | Elena Lebedeva (Q11724053) | Lebedeva was born in 1978. Two listed participations in the early 1970s belong to a different person; according to [2], the 1975 WRCH W2x participation might be Yelena Antonova (rower) (FISA ID 28986). |
| Svend PETERSEN at World Rowing; Svend PEDERSEN at World Rowing | Svend Ove Pedersen | Danish rower, born 31 October 1920 (sports-reference, IOC), competed at the 1952 Olympics; name spelled with "d" according to sources and (meanwhile unavailable) obituary. The 27131 profile is a mixed one with a 1994 Nations Cup appearance of a person with apparently a similar name, but a (listed) date of birth close to Pedersen's. |
| Ivan DOVGODKO at World Rowing | Ivan Dovhodko | 1989-born rower; 1981 appearance belongs to someone else |
| Juri LORENTSSON at World Rowing | Yuriy Lorentsson | Lorentsson (1930–2003) competed at five Olympics (sports-reference) from 1960 to 1976. He is also listed as participant of the 1998 and 2000 WRCH. Since he was a cox this appears somewhat possible, but unlikely. |
| Robert Michael GIBSON at World Rowing | Robert Gibson (rower) | Two early 1980s appearances in the profile of Gibson (* 1986) belong to a different rower. Ted Gibson (37543) would be a candidate, but this is pure speculation base on his surname, Canadian citizenship, and appearance in 1980. |
| Juliana TOGANEL at World Rowing; James GILLAN at World Rowing | Juliana Toganel James Angus Gillan |
1912 M8+ Olympic Gold Medal belongs to Gillan (sports-reference), not Toganel |
| Emile BARBEROLLE at World Rowing; Ernest BARBEROLLE at World Rowing; Marcel LEPAN at World Rowing; | Ernest Barberolle (Q47492496) Ernest Barberolle Marcel Lepan (Q3289138) |
1924 M4+ Olympic event: According to FISA, Emile Barberolle participated; according to sports-reference, Marcel Lepan did; however, the enwiki article (also this one) links to Ernest Barberolle. Page 176 of the official report shows E Barberolle (no forename given) as the coxswain, not Lepan. Note also that the FISA data has different positions in the boat (showing Barberolle at bow and Talleux as coxswain); Barberolle is shown as coxswain for the 1920 eight, so it does seem likely that the 1924 crew order is one of a number in error in the FISA database, and for this crew may merely have put them in alphabetical order. |
| Rasmus PEDERSEN at World Rowing; Camilla ALEXANDERSEN at World Rowing | Rasmus Pedersen and Camilla Alexandersen | Both Danes are listed in the 1988 M4- Olympic final (FISA) instead of the Americans Thomas Bohrer (1159) and Raoul Rodriguez (9239); sports-ref |
| Diego NEDELCU at World Rowing; second profile missing | Diego Nedelcu Tom Chessell |
1952 M8+ Olympic event: Chessel was cox of the Australian team (sports-reference), not Nedelcu (who was then 5 years old) |
| Vladimir SOKOLOV I at World Rowing; Vladimir SOKOLOV II at World Rowing | Vladimir Sokolov (rower) ("SOKOLOV I", born 1962) Vladimir Sokolov (rower, born 1978) ("SOKOLOV II", born 1978) |
The "SOKOLOV II" profile about the 1978-born lightweight rower contains plenty of participations that belong to the older "SOKOLOV I" heavyweight rower (probably all non-lightweight events) |
| Ian WRIGHT at World Rowing; Ian WRIGHT at World Rowing | Ian Wright (British junior rower) Ian Wright (rower) |
The profile of the British junior rower (12046) contains three appearances of the New Zealand Olympic rower (12047) |
| James Scott CLARK at World Rowing; James CLARK at World Rowing | Jim Clark (rower) James Clark (British junior rower) |
The profile of the British junior rower (* 1989, 2020) contains six appearances (1975–1982) of the British Olympic rower (* 1950, 27515) |
| Richard PHELPS at World Rowing; Yurij PIMENOV at World Rowing | Richard Phelps (Q47434607) | British rower; did not compete for the United Team at the 1992 Olympics in the M2- event (sports-reference); the result is missing in Yuriy Pimenov's profile (8628) |
| Sebastian CLAUS at World Rowing | Sebastian Claus | Argentinian heavyweight rower who probably hasn’t coxed the Danish Lwt men's eight at the 2001 World Rowing Championships. |
| Ross EDWARDS at World Rowing; Wieslaw DLUGOSZ at World Rowing | Ross Edwards (rower) Wiesław Długosz (Q9373467) |
Długosz competed at the 1972 Olympic M2+ event, not Edwards. See sports-reference. Mind the transposed digits in their FISA IDs. |
| Adrian MIHAILA at World Rowing; Stewart FARQUAHARSON at World Rowing | Adrian Mihaila Stewart Farquaharson (or Farquharson) |
Farquaharson competed at the 1964 Olympic M2- event, not Mihaila. See sports-reference. Mind the similar FISA IDs. |
| Jan DOBES at World Rowing; Judith ANDERSEN at World Rowing | Jan Dobes Judith Anderson (rower) |
Anderson competed at the 1976 Olympic W4x+ event, not Dobes. See sports-reference. Mind the similar FISA IDs. |
| Raul HERNANDEZ GARCIA at World Rowing; Raul HERNANDEZ HIDALGO at World Rowing | Raúl Hernández (Spanish rower) Raúl Hernández (rower) |
The Cuban rower (Hidalgo) competed at the 2016 Olympics in the LM2x for Cuba, not the Spanish rower (García). |
| Vladimir BUJNAROWSKI at World Rowing; Piotr BUJNAROWSKI at World Rowing | Vladimir Bujnarowski Piotr Bujnarowski (Q11817340) |
FISA lists Vladimir for the 1996 Olympic M4x event, while sports-reference and the Polish Olympic Comittee attribute this apprearance to Piotr. Little is known about Vladimir, so it might be a second name of Piotr, another person (maybe a sibling of Piotr), or just a mistake/non-existing person. |
| Javier AGUIRREGOMEZCORTA at World Rowing; Diego AGUIRREGOMEZCORTA at World Rowing | Javier Aguirregomezcorta Diego Aguirregomezcorta |
Seemingly related rowing persons from Bilbao, Spain. There is a 2000 Olympic M2- event participation for Argentina, which is attributed to Javier at FISA, and to Diego everywhere else (e.g. sports-reference). They apparently did row together for Spain at international rowing events later in their careers. 2000 Olympics was Diego, according to the official report. |
Wrong crew results
In this section, links to the event result page at FISA are provided. However, the wrong results also show up in the profiles of the involved athletes.
| FISA event | subjects | issue |
|---|---|---|
| 1912 Olympic M8+ final | Canadian crew German Empire crew |
The Canadians are listed third, although they did not even make it to the second round (sports-reference for this event); the German Empire crew, typically regarded as Bronze medallists without time, are listed forth instead. |
| 1924 Olympic M2- final | British pair | Cyril Southgate (also "Thomas Southgate") and Cecil Killick (also "Gordon Killick") did not start in the final (story at sports-reference); the event result page correctly mentions this, but the profiles nevertheless rank them third in the final (Southgate and Killick) |
| 1988 Olympic M8+ event | Bulgarian team | It is unclear who competed in the Bulgarian team. sports-reference has a list of crew members, of which Dimitar Tonchev (sports-reference, FISA) does not appear in the event at FISA. Instead, "Juri Georgiev" (37659) and "Dimitar Georgiev" (3740) are listed (there are ten crew members given in the FISA entries section, and in the results section cox Ventseslav Kanchev, sports-reference and 26666, is missing. |
Other errors
| FISA ID and name | English WP | Issue |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | Ross Blomfield | Missing on FISA database |
| Thomas JAECKEL at World Rowing | Thomas Jaekel | Spelling mistake |
| 1982 (LM4-) Lightweight Men's Four - Final | Peter Werner (rower) | The country code for the team is wrong; it says GER when it should be FRG |
| Eulogio GENOVA EMEZABEL at World Rowing | Eulogio Génova | There's (probably) a spelling mistake in the maternal family name. |
| Nataliya MUSTAFAYEVA at World Rowing | Nataliya Mustafayeva | Profile disappeared while still being listed by the database search engine; no replacement profile found |
| Gavin KILPATRICK at World Rowing | Gavin Kilpatrick (Q47451364) | Listed with American citizenship, but started for South Africa only |
| Thomas BUCH at World Rowing | Thomas Croft Buck (Q47452625) | Listed with American citizenship, but started for Denmark only |
Event-level gaps and mistakes
| FISA ID and name | Issue |
|---|---|
| 1962 WRCH | All 7 events missing |
| 1966 WRCH | All 7 events missing |
| 1970 WRCH | All 7 events missing |
| 1974 WRCH | All events but LM1x, LM4-, and LM8+ are not connected to the rowers who participated. |
| 1975 WRCH M4x | The whole M4x event is missing from the database. It appears that those rowers who only medalled in that event are also missing from the database (examples: Stefan Weiße, Christof Kreuziger). Update: Kreuziger is listed as Christof KREUZINGER at World Rowing, and Weiße presumably as Stephan WEISE at World Rowing (empty profile) |
| 1981 WRCH M2- | The event is in the database, but there are no rowers linked; the rower profiles appear empty for this event (example: Nikolai Pimenov, 8627) |
| 2003 WRCH LTAM4+ | There was an “LTAM4+” event at the 2003 WRCH that was different from the LTAMix4+ event. However, FISA lists them as one event at here, with the LTAM4+ as the B final of the LTAMix4+. It seems that the LTAM4+ event was only held once, and it could have been a demo event. |