Two-time Olympian Tara Rigney has won the inaugural Rowing Australia Win Well Award for balancing elite training and studies and being a shining role model on and off the water.

Rowing Australia celebrated the accomplishments of the athletes who represented Australia at the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as the achievements and contributions of the wider rowing family, at the gala event at QT Hotel on the Gold Coast on Saturday night.

Full list of winners:

Service to Rowing Award: Bob Alexander OAM and Wendy Alexander

Gina Rinehart AO Rowing Leadership Awards: Annabelle McIntyre OAM OLY, Jessica Morrison OAM OLY

Program of the Year: Mercantile Rowing Club's Guerin Program

High Performance Club of the Year: Sydney Rowing Club

Para Crew of the Year: Nikki Ayers PLY and Jed Altschwager PLY, PR3 Mixed Double Sculls

Female Crew of the Year:  Annabelle McIntyre and Jessica Morrison, Women’s Pair

Male Crew of the Year: Erik Horrie OAM PLY, PR1 Men's Single Sculls

Coach of the Year: Christine MacLaren

Life Member Inductees: Craig James OAM, Megan Marcks OAM, Rob Scott OLY, Chris Noel OAM, Adair Ferguson OAM, ASM, Kate Allen OAM, Brian Richardson OAM, ASM

Volunteer of the Year: Sue Andrews

Official of the Year: Geoff Northam

Bont Club of the Year: Swan River Rowing Club

Bollé Pathways Crew of the Year: Under 19 Men's Coxed Four

Pathways Coach of the Year: Lachlan Carter

Commonwealth Games Australia Beach Sprint Crew of the Year: Astrid Thomas and Samuel Forbes, Coastal Under 19 Mixed Double Scull

Win Well Vocational and Educational Award: Tara Rigney OLY

776BC Rowers’ Rower of the Year: Alexander Purnell OAM