USRowing and Filippi – A Winning Project

To much of the rowing community, perhaps it was inevitable. Filippi has long been an object of desire for many national teams and the athletes who represent them. So after Italy, New Zealand, The Netherlands, France, Romania and many others in specific classes, USRowing, the prestigious American rowing team and a point of reference for the United States rowing movement, has also entered into a cooperation pact with Filippi. As dreams go, created at the inception of the Filippi brand by our founder Lido Filippi and carried forward by his son David, this is a particularly special one to come true. 

In fact in the past nine months, the Filippi world has changed for the better and forever. Momentum is something that helps to define sporting progress and our global growth was  reinforced when last Friday, US Rowing Federation, home to numerous incredible clubs, schools, colleges and excellent boat-builders, selected Filippi to support their Olympic and Paralympic athletes on their journey to Paris 2024. 

Filippi are dreamers, fueled and inspired by the force of their commitment to innovation and excellence. In the meanwhile the dream of a parade of white on the start-line of international competitions, came true. Most of all, Filippi dreamed about reaching the summit of boat-building glory – building the eight that crossed the line first at the Olympic Games. When you work hard, day after day, nothing happens by chance. Which is why, last summer, their F49 carried the New Zealand Men’s Eight into the chapters of rowing history as Olympic champions; their extraordinary performance filled Filippi with the resolve that their commitment to their customers was proper and effective. Then, in another huge step for Filippi, their F42 took Cambridge’s women to victory in the most historic of rowing races; the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race on the River Thames in London. Victory was not enough for the Light Blues though – they smashed the course record in our boat.

In sport, the real challenge lies not in reaching the top but staying there and raising the bar. Their partnership with USRowing gives Filippi a huge opportunity; a country whose dedication to this sport has redefined the meaning of quality across age, gender and background and whose love for their national team knows no bounds. The expectation comes in spades and Filippi have the experience and qualifications to meet and master this new challenge.

Filippi is the Official Boat Building Partner of JRN.

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Tom Morgan

Tom is the Founder of JRN. He has been creating content around rowing for over a decade and has been fortunate enough to witness some of the greatest athletes and races to ever grace our sport.

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