Meet the Team
Hometown: Montreal, QC
Birth date: Aug. 9, 1981
Birthplace: Quebec City, QC
Club affiliation: Montreal Rowing Club
Interests: Reading and cooking
Training centre: London, ON
Education:
Phillips Exeter Academy, 2000; BA (Political Economy) Princeton University, 2006; pursuing law degree.
Hometown: Richmond, BC
Birth date: March 22, 1979
Birthplace: Vancouver, B.C.
Club affiliation: University of Victoria
Place of residence/training centre: London, ON
Interests: Cooking, public speaking, travel, community volunteer work, film, reading, hiking and spending time with friends and family.
Education:
Hometown: London, Ont.
Birthdate: Dec. 17, 1982
Birthplace: Toronto, Ont.
Interests: Reading, films, photography
Education: BA (History of Art), Yale University, 2004
Hometown: Port Moody, B.C.
Birth date: March 20, 1980
Birthplace: New Westminster, BC
Club Affiliation(s): Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia
Interests: Family, Travel, Shopping, Films, Music, Cycling
Education: BA (Criminology), Simon Fraser University; Port Moody Senior Secondary School
Hometown: Regina, SK
Birth date: April 30, 1979
Club affiliation(s): Regina Rowing Club, SK; UVic, BC
Occupation: Student/ athlete
Interests: Reading, movies, hiking, cooking
Education:
BSc (Biology) University of Victoria; student of naturopathy at the Canadian College of Naturopathic medicine in Toronto.
Birth date: Dec 14, 1982
Hometown: Winnipeg, Man.
Birthplace: San Diego, California, USA
Club Affiliation: Winnipeg Rowing Club
Interests: Working with children, reading a good book
Education: University of Michigan, Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and Movement Science (2006)
Other info: Goal is to become a certified aquatic therapist.
Birth date: Aug. 25, 1974
Hometown: Dewittville, Quebec
Club: Montreal Rowing Club/Club d'aviron de Montreal
Education: BSc in Physiology from McGill University in Montreal, Que. and graduated in 2002 from McGill, Department Experimental Surgery.
Birthdate: January 9, 1983
Hometown: Clearwater Bay, ON
City and country of birth: Winnipeg, Canada
Club Affiliation: Ottawa Rowing Club
Interests: Developing skills for the practice intellectual property law at Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP (Gowlings)
Education:
Hometown: Belleville, ON
Birth date: Feb. 19, 1976
Club affiliation: Quinte RC
Interests: Computers, skiing, hockey and golf
Education: Civil Engineering Technologist Diploma from Seneca College, Toronto, 1998.
Hometown: Toronto, ON
Birth date: May 22, 1983
Club affiliation: St. Catharines Rowing Club
Interests: Skiing and the outdoors
Education: BS in Physics, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine (2005); M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2006)
Hometown: Victoria, BC
Birth date: Feb. 7, 1983
Club affiliation: Brentwood College RC
Education: Brentwood College, Mill Bay, BC, and Harvard University
Birth date: Nov 25, 1985
Hometown: Cobourg, Ont.
City and country of birth: Hamilton, Canada
Residence: Victoria, BC
Interests: Drumming, wood working, reading,
Education: Bachelor of Commerce degree from McMaster University.
Club Affiliations: Peterborough RC/ Victoria City RC
Birth date: Nov. 28, 1985
Home town: Oakville, ON
Rowing club: Leander Boat Club, Hamilton, ON
Education: Masters in Health Information Science, University of Victoria
B.Sc in Nursing, McMaster University
Hometown: 100 Mile House, BC
Birth date: July 6, 1982
Club affiliation: University of Victoria RC
Education: University of Victoria
Interests: Fishing, hunting, trapping, mud bogging, and square dancing.
Hometown: Montreal, QC
City and country of birth: Unionville, Ontario
Birth date: June 5, 1983
Club affiliation: McGill University RC
Interests: Sports, reading and movies.
Education: St. Michael’s College School, Toronto; McGill University, Montreal
Birth date: 09.05.1986
Hometown: North Vancouver, BC
Club affiliation: Burnaby Lake RC
Education: St. George's School (2004); B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering and B.Sc. Biology Queen's University (2009)
Birth date: May 18, 1989
Hometown: Vancouver, British Columbia
City and country of birth: Vancouver, Canada
Club Affiliation(s): Vancouver College Rowing Club
Shawnigan/ Victoria City Rowing Club
Interests: Anything related to sports, and camping, triathlons, golf, tennis, traveling, nightlife, eating well, dreaming about Olympics gold medals...
Education: Vancouver Collegiate high school 2007; University of Washington, department of arts, Anthropology 2011
Hometown: Kelowna, BC
Birth date: July 21, 1980
Club: Brentwood College
Education: Brentwood College; B.S. (Business Administration) University of California at Berkeley. Attended Oxford University in England.
Birth date: Sept. 27, 1980
Hometown: Winnipeg, MB
Club: Winnipeg Rowing Club
Key results:
2012 - 12th in the M2x, Olympic Games, London, GBR
2012 - 9th in the M2x, World Cup, Lucerne, Switzerland
2011 - 7th in the M4-, World Championships, Bled, Slovenia
2011 - 14th in the M4-, World Cup , Lucerne, Switzerland
Date of Birth: Feb. 21, 1982
Home town: Beamsville, Ontario
City and country of birth: Grimsby, ON, Canada
Rowing Club: Ridley Graduate Boat Club
Education : Brown University, Providence, RI, USA (Biology)
Birthdate: 30/08/1989
Hometown: Ottawa, ON
Club: Ottawa Rowing Club
Education: University of Western Ontario
Key results:
2013 – 3rd in the W8+, World Cup, Lucerne
2013 – 1st in the W4-, World Cup, Lucerne
2013 – 6th in the W2-, World Cup, Sydney, AUS
2013 - 3rd in the W8+, World Cup, Sydney, AUS
2011 - 1st in the W8+, World Rowing U23 Champs, Amsterdam, NED
Birthdate: 18/08/1988
Hometown: St. Catharines, ON
Club: University of British Columbia Rowing
Position in boat: Coxswain
2013 – 3rd in the W8+, World Cup, Lucerne
2012 – 7th in the LTA 4+, Paralympic Games, London, GBR
2010 – 3rd in the W8+, U23 World Championships, Brest, BLR
Birthdate: 12/08/1989
Hometown: Perth, ON
Club: Ottawa Rowing Club
2013 – 9th in the W4x, World Cup, Lucerne, Switzerland
2013 – 5th in the W4x, World Cup, Sydney, AUS
2013 – 3rd in the W8+, World Cup, Sydney, AUS
2011 – 1st in the W8+, U23 World Championships, Amsterdam, NED
Birth date: Dec. 05, 1982
Hometown: Summerside, PEI
Club: Don Rowing Club
Education: B.Sc. Biology, University of Prince Edward Island, 2004 M.Sc. Molecular Anthropology, University of Toronto, 2009
Results:
2013 – 8th in the W2x, World Cup, Lucerne
2013 – 5th in the W4x, World Cup, Sydney, AUS
Hometown: Duntroon, ON
Birth date: 02.08.1987
Club: St. Catharines Rowing Club
International results:
2013 – 10th in the M4x, Lucerne, Switzerland
Birth date: Sept. 27, 1980
Hometown: Winnipeg, MB
Club: Winnipeg Rowing Club
Key results:
2012 - 12th in the M2x, Olympic Games, London, GBR
2012 - 9th in the M2x, World Cup, Lucerne, Switzerland
2011 - 7th in the M4-, World Championships, Bled, Slovenia
2011 - 14th in the M4-, World Cup, Lucerne, Switzerland
Birthdate: 06/07/1989
Hometown: St. Catharines, ON
Club: Ridley Graduate Boat Club
Education: Harvard University
2011 – 4th in the BM4- U23 World Championships, Amsterdam, NED
2007 – 8th in the JM2x Junior World Championships, Beijing, CHN
Birthdate: 22/06/1989
Hometown: Lantzville, BC
Club: Brentwood College School
Education: U.C. Berkeley
2013 – 9th in the M4-, World Cup, Lucerne, Switzerland
2012 – 10th in the M2-, World Cup, Lucerne
2011 - Pan Am medalist
-On the Under 23 World Championship team in 2009 and 2011, on the Junior National Team in 2007
Date of Birth: Feb. 21, 1982
Home town: Beamsville, Ontario
City and country of birth: Grimsby, ON, Canada
Rowing Club: Ridley Graduate Boat Club
Education : Brown University, Providence, RI, USA (Biology)
Key results:
Hometown: Victoria, BC
Year first rowed: 2011
First rowed at: Victoria City Rowing Club & St.Andrews Rowing Academy
First Coach: Alia Zawacki & Aalbert Van Schothorst
Current Club: Victoria City Rowing Club
Current Coach: Andrew Butler & Scott Swinkles
Hometown: Victoria, BC
Year first rowed: 2009
First rowed at: Sport Nautique de Bergerac (Bergerac, France)
First Coach: Antoine Deleau
Current Club: Victoria City Rowing Club
Current Coach: Graham Obee & Liam Henderson
Hometown: Kingston, ON
Year first rowed: 2011
First rowed at: Kingston Rowing Club
First Coach: Jordan Wille
Current Club: Kingston Rowing Club
Current Coach: Cam McDougall
Hometown: Toronto, ON
Year first rowed: 2011
First rowed at: Don Rowing Club
First Coach: Ed Kornachuk
Current Club: Don Rowing Club
Current Coach: Alan Oldham
Hometown: Hamilton, ON
Year first rowed: 2011
First rowed at: Westdale Secondary School Rowing Team
First Coach: Andrea Valois
Current Club: Leander Boat Club
Current Coach: Steffan Wagner
Hometown: Victoria, BC
Year first rowed: 2009
First rowed at: West Shore Rowing And Paddling
First Coach: Brett Malcolm
Current Club: Victoria City Rowing Club
Current Coach: Liam Henderson
Hometown: Victoria, BC
Year First Rowed:
First rowed at: Claremont Sports Institue Rowing Academy
First Coach: Kevin Light
Current Club: Victoria City Rowing Club
Current Coach: Liam Henderson
Hometown: Regina, SK
Year first rowed: 2012
First rowed at: Regina Rowing Club
First Coach: Garett Mathiason
Current Club: Regina Rowing Club
Current Coach: Garett Mathiason
Hometown: Kingston, ON
Year first rowed: 2012
First rowed at: K.C.V.I. Rowing Team
First Coach: Cam Mcdougall & Brad Brennan
Current Club: Kingston Rowing Club
Current Coach: Cam Mcdougall & Brad Brennan
Hometown: Salmon Arm, BC
Year first rowed: 2009
First rowed at: West Shore Rowing Club
First Coach: Brett Malcolm
Current Club: Victoria City Rowing Club
Current Coach: Liam Henderson
Hometown: Ottawa, ON
First rowed at: Ottawa Rowing Club
First Coach: Robert Tang
Current Club: Ottawa Rowing Club
Current Coach: Cliff Brimmell and Rob Thompson
Hometown: Victoria, BC
Year first rowed: 2010
First rowed at: Bayside Rowing Team
Current Club: Claremont Sports Institute
Current Coach: Kevin Light
Hometown: North Vancouver, BC
Year first rowed: 2009
First rowed at: Deep Cove Rowing Club
First Coach: Kelsey McDaniel
Current Club: Burnaby Lake Rowing Club
Current Coach: Cinda Ewton
Hometown: Victoria, BC
Year first rowed: 2010
First rowed at: Victoria City Rowing Club
First Coach: Scott Swinkles
Current Club: Victoria City Rowing Club
Current Coach: Jesse Hume
Hometown: St. Catharines, ON
Year first rowed: 2008
First rowed at: St. Catharines Rowing Club
First Coach: Aaron Thompson
Current Club: St. Catharines Rowing Club
Current Coach: Kathy Boyes
Hometown: North Vancouver, BC
Year first rowed: 2011
First coxed at: Vancouver College Rowing
First Coach: Matthew Robinson, Julian Dean
Current Club: Vancouver College Rowing
Current Coach: Derek Schwandt
Hometown: Victoria, BC
Year first rowed: 2011
First rowed at: Spectrum Community School
First Coach: Volunteers from Gorge
Current Club: Victoria City Rowing Club, Row To Podium
Current Coach: Barney Williams
Hometown: Toronto, ON
Year first rowed: 2010
First rowed at: Branksome Rowing
First Coach: Ian Spears
Current Club: Branksome Rowing
Current Coach: Lisa Dumont
Hometown: Halifax, NS
Year first rowed: 2013
First rowed at: Mic Mac Rowing Club, Row to Podium
First Coach: Patrick Cody
Current Club: Mic Mac Rowing Club, Row to Podium
Current Coach: Patrick Cody
