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Eleven debutants have been named alongside former medallists in Australia's 37-strong team for the Olympic rowing regatta in Paris.

The Australian Olympic Committee have named 11 debutants among a 37-strong team across nine boats to contest the Olympic rowing regatta at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium in Paris.

The team also feature six rowers making their third Olympic Team and 20 heading to their second Games. The team celebrated their announcement at an event in Varese, Italy, near their European Training Centre base, where athletes have been putting the final polish on their Olympic preparation.

With 23 women and 14 men, the squad features seven Olympic gold medallists and a further four who won bronze in Australian rowing's famed 'Hour of Power' at Tokyo 2020.

And while 26 athletes return from the Tokyo regatta, many are heading to Paris in a different boat.

Tokyo Olympic champions in the Men's Four, Alexander Purnell, Jack Hargreaves and Spencer Turrin, will now row in the Eight, while Women's Four champions Anabelle McIntyre and Jessica Morrison will crew the Pair. Lucy Stephan also moves from the Four to the Women's Eight.