Editing World Rowing (section)

{{Short description|International rowing governing body}}
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{{Infobox sport governing body
|name         = World Rowing
|abbrev       = WR, FISA
|logo         = World Rowing Federation logo.svg
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|sport        = [[Rowing (sport)|Rowing]]
|category     = [[List of international sports federations|Sports federation]]
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|jurisdiction = Worldwide
|founded      = {{Start date and age|1892|6|25|df=y}} in [[Turin]], Italy
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|headquarters =[[Lausanne]], Switzerland
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|president    =[[Jean-Christophe Rolland]]
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|vicepresident =[[Tricia Smith]]
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|url          = https://worldrowing.com/
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'''World Rowing''', also known as the '''World Rowing Federation''' (officially '''FISA'''; {{langx|fr|Fédération internationale des sociétés d'aviron}}{{efn|According to the organization's bylaws, the name remains ''Fédération internationale des sociétés d'aviron'', but "World Rowing is the designation used operationally by FISA"<ref>{{cite web |title=World Rowing – World Rowing Rule Book – EN |url=https://worldrowing.com/technical/rules/2021-rule-book/ |website=World Rowing |language=en}}</ref>}}), is the international [[sport governing body|governing body]] for [[rowing (sport)|rowing]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldrowing.com/about/ |title=World Rowing  |access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref> Its current president is [[Jean-Christophe Rolland]] who succeeded [[Denis Oswald (sports official)|Denis Oswald]] at a ceremony held in [[Lucerne]] in July 2014.

The [[World Rowing Cup]], [[World Rowing Championships]], and other such competitions are overseen by this organization.