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The 1996 U.S. Olympic team with members form the 1936 UW gold medal Olympic crew.  |
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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 |
| 2015 | New Zealand | WASHINGTON | ||
| 2014 | Great Britain | WASHINGTON | ||
| 2013 | WASHINGTON | Cornell | Dartmouth | |
| 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 |
| 2015 | WASHINGTON | Virginia | |
| 2014 | WASHINGTON | Great Britain | |
| 2013 | WASHINGTON | Cornell | Dartmouth |
| 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 |
