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{{Infobox rowing club
| name            = Montevideo Rowing Club
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| location        = [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]]
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| founded         = {{Start date and years ago|1874|05|08}}
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| key_people      = {{Unbulleted list|Sergio Varela (President)|Joaquín Mones (Captain)}}
| affiliations    = Uruguayan Rowing Federation
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| notable_members = [[Guillermo Douglas]] <br> [[Eduardo Risso (rower)|Eduardo Risso]] <br> [[Miguel Seijas]] <br> Mariano Caulín <ref name=llama/> <br> Rodolfo Collazo <ref name=olimp/> <br> Emiliano Dumestre <ref name=olimp>[http://montevideorowing.blogspot.com.ar/2012_07_01_archive.html "El Montevideo Rowing se despide de los olímpicos" on NotiRemo], 11 Jul 2012</ref>
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'''Montevideo Rowing Club''' is a [[Uruguay]]an [[sports club]] located in the city of [[Montevideo]]. Originally established as a [[rowing (sport)|rowing]] club, the institution also hosts the practise of [[basketball]], [[futsal]], [[gymnastics]], [[handball]], [[judo]], [[karate]], [[tennis]] and [[olympic weightlifting]].

Montevideo Rowing, founded in 1874, is one of the oldest sports clubs in Uruguay after [[Montevideo Cricket Club|Montevideo Cricket (MVCC)]] (founded in 1861 and also considered the oldest in Latin America).<ref>[http://www.lr21.com.uy/deportes/116463-montevideo-cricket-el-club-mas-antiguo-del-pais "Montevideo Cricket, el club más antiguo del país" on LaRed21.com], 9 Jun 2003</ref> The club is also notable because three rowers from the institution won [[Summer Olympics|Olympic]] medals.

==History==
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The club was founded on May 8, 1874 in the Hotel Central, being José Ellauri its first president. Montevideo R.C. was established with the purpose of spreading the practise of sports in Uruguay, mainly [[rowing (sport)|rowing]]. The club is considered a pioneer in [[association football|football]], along with [[Albion F.C.]] and the [[Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club|C.U.R.C.C.]] (both founded in 1891). In fact, the first inter-clubs football match was played between Montevideo Rowing and Montevideo Cricket in 1881.<ref>[http://www.mvcc.com.uy/espanol/historia_del_mvcc-8 "Historia del MVCC - Evolución posterior" at MVCC website]</ref> The Montevideo R.C. football team was also part of the first international club match, when on August 15, 1889, the club joined forces with [[Montevideo Cricket Club]] (under the name "Montevideo Team") to play a [[Buenos Aires]] combined on August 15, 1889.<ref>[http://edant.clarin.com/diario/2009/08/15/um/m-01978958.htm A 120 años del primer partido internacional entre británicos de Buenos Aires y Montevideo] by Jorge Gallego and Luis Prats, ''[[Clarín (Argentine newspaper)|Clarín]]'', 14 Ago 2009</ref>

The first boats acquired were second-hand goods and stored at the Barraca Elliott, club's first headquarters opened in 1874. One of the first rowers was Mr. Fraser, who competed side by side with some Argentine rowers. Arthur Boutell was the first captain for the club and winner in 1875 along with his brother Frank. Montevideo Rowing and Buenos Aires Rowing Club were the only two rowing clubs in the Río de la Plata area by then.

Other international achievements by the Boutell Brothers were in 1875, 1876 and 1877. Carlos Sturzenegger was other notable athlete from the club, winning the Tigre Boat Club trophy competing against the best Argentine rowers in [[single scull]].

When the [[port of Montevideo]] was built in 1908 the club had to set a new location near that place,<ref>[http://armandolveira.blogspot.com.ar/2009/09/nuevo-puerto-de-montevideo-1909-25-de.html "Nuevo Puerto de Montevideo: 1909-2009 - Un siglo de miradas" by Armando Olveira Ramos], 2 Sep 2009</ref> where it remained until September 9, 1928, when the institution inaugurated its new headquarters on the Río Branco street with a building designed by Arq. Mauricio Cravotto.

During the 1930s, a rower from the club, [[Guillermo Douglas]], gained notoriety for being South American champion and winning the Bronze medal at the [[1932 Summer Olympics]]. Other achievements by the club include the Copa América (then "Copa Challenger"), winning the trophy 8 times in 10 years. The next years saw the raise of [[Eduardo Risso (rower)|Eduardo Risso]], another extraordinary athlete that won the local and South American championships apart from being the second athlete of the club to win an Olympic medal, a [[Silver medal|silver one]] in the [[1948 Summer Olympics]].

The third (and last to date) rower from the club to win an Olympic medal was [[Miguel Seijas]] in [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952]]. Other successful rowers during those time were Paulo Carvalho and Mariano Caulín (runners-up in the [[1959 Pan American Games]] held in [[Chicago]]). Martín Caulín and Gustavo Pérez would win [[1963 Pan American Games|the next edition of the games in 1963]]. Mariano Caulín is also considered one of the best athletes from the club, having won more than 50 [[regatta]]s during his career, a record that still remains.<ref name=llama>[http://llamaceleste.com/noticias/remo/item/317-carmelo-homenajea-a-sus-remeros-ol%C3%ADmpicos "Carmelo homenajea a sus remeros olímpicos" on LlamaCeleste.com], 4 May 2012</ref><ref name=history>[http://montevideorowing.com/?page_id=22 Historia at club website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125030749/http://montevideorowing.com/?page_id=22 |date=2014-01-25 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/1828/caulin-mariano Mariano Caulín at WorldRowing website]</ref>

== Honours ==
Some championships won by the club include:
*'''Copa América (10)''': 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1946 <ref name=history/>
*'''Regata Internacional de Tigre (1)''': 1874 <ref>[http://www.centronaval.org.ar/boletin/BCN807/807rowing.pdf Historia de los clubes náuticos" at Centro Naval of Argentina website]</ref>

==Olympic games==
Three rowers from the club won medals for Uruguay at three different [[Olympic Games]]:

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| [[Rowing at the 1932 Summer Olympics|1932]] || [[Guillermo Douglas]] ||  [[Single scull]] || [[File:Bronze medal with cup.svg|17px]] [[Bronze medal]]<ref>[http://www.elobservador.com.uy/noticia/227296/medalla-de-bronce--guillermo-douglas/ "Medalla de bronce - Guillermo Douglas", ''El Observador''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406080650/http://www.elobservador.com.uy/noticia/227296/medalla-de-bronce--guillermo-douglas/ |date=2013-04-06 }}, 3 Jul 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.paysanduhistorico.com.uy/ampliarartenc.asp?id=146 Guillermo Douglas on Paysandú Histórico website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021180030/http://www.paysanduhistorico.com.uy/ampliarartenc.asp?id=146 |date=2014-10-21 }}</ref>
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| [[Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948]]  || [[Eduardo Risso (rower)|Eduardo Risso]] || [[Single scull]] || [[File:Silver medal with cup.svg|17px]]  [[Silver medal]]<ref>[http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/olympic-games/1948-London.php "Olympic Games—London 1948" on History of Australian Rowing]</ref><ref>[http://www.elobservador.com.uy/noticia/227299/medalla-de-plata--eduardo-risso/ "Medalla de plata - Eduardo Risso" on ''El Observador''], 3 July 2012</ref>
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| [[Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952]]  || [[Miguel Seijas]] || [[Double scull]] || [[File:Bronze medal with cup.svg|17px]] [[Bronze medal]]<ref>[http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/29233/seijas-miguel Miguel Seijas on World Rowing.com]</ref><ref>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=13&sp=ROW Rowing results for 1952 on DatabaseOlympics.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072353/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=13&sp=ROW |date=2016-03-04 }}</ref>
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==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* {{facebook|1= Montevideo-Rowing-Club}}

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