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The 1996 U.S. Olympic team with members form the 1936 UW gold medal Olympic crew.

HISTORY

The University of Washington has participated in a regatta as part of the Seattle Yacht Club's opening day of boating season since 1970. In 1987, John Jacobi, founder of Windermere Real Estate, was inspired by a Seattle Timesarticle written by Blaine Newnham, that called out a need to increase the level of competition for the event. Jacobi called a meeting with UW coaches Dick Erickson (men's crew), and Bob Ernst (women's crew), and asked the questions "who are the best rowers in the world?" and "what will it take to get them here for this event?"

Bob Ernst, who was also the national team coach at the time, suggested the Soviet Union, whose men and women's teams were the defending world champions. Jacobi and Windermere, agreed to sponsor the cost of bringing the teams to the US for occasion. Ernst worked his connections to make it happen, and the Windermere Cup, which has since become a Pacific Northwest tradition, was born.

Men's Windermere Cup Results

Year	First	Second	Third	Fourth
2012	WASHINGTON	Argentina	Virginia	Oregon State
2011	WASHINGTON	Stanford	Cambridge
2010	WASHINGTON	Syracuse	Oxford
2009	WASHINGTON	Oregon State	Brazil
2008	WASHINGTON	Poland	Naval Academy
2007	WASHINGTON	Purdue	Waikato University-New Zealand
2006	Russian National Team	WASHINGTON	Michigan
2005	WASHINGTON	Czech Republic	Cornell
2004	WASHINGTON	Navy	Italy
2003	WASHINGTON	Northeastern	Poland
2002	WASHINGTON	Stanford	China
2001	Croatia Olympic Team	University of Victoria	WASHINGTON
2000	WASHINGTON	Navy	Egyptian National Team
1999	WASHINGTON	New Zealand National Team
1998	WASHINGTON	Nottinghamshire County Rowing
1997	WASHINGTON	Australian National Team
1996	WASHINGTON	Yale	Russian National Team
1995	WASHINGTON	South Africa
1994	WASHINGTON	Dutch National Team	Stanford
1993	WASHINGTON	Dartmouth	Humboldt (Germany)
1992	WASHINGTON	Lithuania	Cambridge University
1991	WASHINGTON	Cornell	Czechoslovakia
1990	People's Republic of China	Navy	WASHINGTON
1989	Italy	WASHINGTON	New Zealand
1988	Australia	WASHINGTON	Princeton
1987	Soviet Union	WASHINGTON

Women's Windermere Cup Results

Year	First	Second	Third
2012	WASHINGTON	Gonzaga	Argentina
2011	WASHINGTON	Oklahoma	Cambridge
2010	WASHINGTON	Syracuse	Oxford
2009	WASHINGTON	Miami	Brazil
2008	WASHINGTON	Naval Academy	Melbourne University (Australia)
2007	WASHINGTON	Waikato University - New Zealand	Purdue
2006	Russian National Team	WASHINGTON	University of Central Florida
2005	Czech Republic	WASHINGTON	Cornell
2004	WASHINGTON	Italy	UCLA
2003	Belarus	WASHINGTON	Notre Dame
2002	WASHINGTON	Stanford	Great Britain
2001	WASHINGTON	Romania	University of Victoria
2000	WASHINGTON	Navy	Egyptian National Team
1999	WASHINGTON	Brown	New Zealand National Team
1998	British National Team	WASHINGTON	Virginia
1997	WASHINGTON	Northeastern	Australian National Team
1996	WASHINGTON	Russia	Yale
1995	WASHINGTON	Princeton	South Africa
1994	WASHINGTON	Dutch National Team	Stanford
1993	WASHINGTON	Boston	Humboldt (Germany)
1992	WASHINGTON	Lithuania	Cambridge
1991	Czechoslovakia	Cornell	WASHINGTON
1990	People's Republic of China	Cambridge	WASHINGTON
1989	New Zealand	WASHINGTON	California
1988	WASHINGTON	Australia
1987	Soviet Union	WASHINGTON	California

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