Team Canada is set to compete at the pinnacle event with 16 Canadian crews donning the maple leaf at the World Rowing Championships from August 25 – September 1 in Linz-Ottensheim, Austria. A record 80 nations will take part in this main qualification event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Following Canada’s success at World Rowing Cup 2 and World Rowing Cup 3 in Poland and Rotterdam, the Canadian women’s, men’s and para programs have solidified their crews with the primary objective of securing 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games berths via the 2019 Worlds in Austria.

“I am very pleased to see the ongoing progress of the National Team crews and RCA’s high-performance program more broadly, as we transition from a very positive World Cup series towards the team’s first opportunity to qualify boats for the 2020 Paralympic and Olympic Games in Tokyo,” said RCA High Performance Director, Iain Brambell. “As national team crews complete their final preparations for Worlds this week, we are confident they are well positioned to compete for A Finals (top 6), podium performances, and 2020 qualification positions.”

The Canadian Women’s squad, led by Head Coach Dave Thompson, Phil Marshall and Gavin McKay, will see some familiar crew combinations as well as a few crew changes for this event.

2018 World silver medallists Lisa Roman (Langley, BC), Nicole Hare (Calgary, AB), Christine Roper (Ottawa, ON), Susanne Grainger (London, ON), and coxswain Kristen Kit (St. Catharines, ON) will be joined by 2018 World Champion Pair, Hillary Janssens (Cloverdale, BC) and Caileigh Filmer (Victoria, BC) in the Women’s Eight. World Under 23 Gold medallist Avalon Wasteneys (Campbell River, BC) and Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski (Calgary, AB) will round out this powerful crew.

Janssens and Filmer will be doubling up to defend their 2018 World title and secure an Olympic berth in the Women’s Pair.

The Women’s Four will be raced for the first time since 1992 as an Olympic event. Canada will field a strong crew to seek qualification including 2018 World medallists, Madison Mailey (Burnaby, BC), Sydney Payne (Toronto, ON), Jennifer Martins (Toronto, ON), and Stephanie Grauer (Vancouver, BC).

Andrea Proske (Langley, BC) and Gabrielle Smith (Unionville, ON) will be looking to improve upon their bronze medal finish from World Cup 3 in the Women’s Double.

World Cup 2 gold medallist Jill Moffatt (Bethany, ON) will remain in Lightweight Double with partner Jennifer Casson (Kingston, ON), finishing 7^th at World Cup 3. Ellen Gleadow (Vancouver, BC) will compete in Lightweight Single event following her 4^th place finish at World Cup 3.

Rio Olympian Carling Zeeman (Cambridge, ON) will make her sixth Senior World Championship appearance, racing in the Women’s Single for the fourth consecutive season, currently under the leadership of Head Coach Dick Tonks.

Tonks and assistant coach Jeremy Ivey also lead the Canadian Men’s Pair, Double, Lightweight Double and Lightweight Single.  

Two-time Olympian and Olympic silver medallist Conlin McCabe (Brockville, ON) is lining up with 2016 Olympian Kai Langerfeld (Vancouver, BC) in the Men’s Pair following their bronze medal finish at World Cup 2.

2015 Pan Am Games Gold medallist Matt Buie (Duntroon, ON) teams up with two-time U23 World Champion Trevor Jones (Lakefield, ON) in the Men’s Double sculls.

Maxwell Lattimer (Delta, BC) and Patrick Keane (Victoria, BC) will race the Lightweight Men’s Double finishing just off the podium in 4^th place at World Rowing Cup 2. Maxwell’s brother Aaron Lattimer (Delta, BC) will race in the Lightweight Men’s Single.

The Men’s Eight crew, led by coach Terry Paul, remains unchanged with 2012 Olympic silver medallist Will Crothers (Kingston, ON), Mackenzie Copp (London, ON), Taylor Perry (Ancaster, ON), Gavin Stone (Brampton, ON), Benjamin De Wit (Port Alice, BC), Martin Barakso (Nanaimo, BC), Cody Bailey (St. Mary’s, ON) Jakub Buczek (Burnaby, BC) and nine-time Olympic coxswain Lesley Thompson-Willie (London, ON).

Canada will be represented in four Paralympic boats with Tokyo 2020 qualification up for grabs in two of the events. Coach John Wetzstein will lead the Canadian Para team in Linz.

2018 World Silver medallist Jeremy Hall (St. Paul, AB) will race in the PR2 Men’s Single and will look to qualify the PR2 Mixed Double with newcomer Jessye Brockway (Mill Bay, BC).  

2016 Paralympic bronze medallist Andrew Todd (Thunder Bay, ON) and Kyle Fredrickson (Duncan, BC) will team up again in the PR3 Men’s Pair to defend their world championship title following their impressive win at the 2018 Rowing World Championships.

Loren Pearson (Kamloops, BC) will make his first World Championship appearance in the PR1 Men’s Single, where he will look to qualify a place for Canada at the 2020 Paralympic Games.

Racing starts on August 25^th until September 1, 2019 with live streaming available every day at CBC Sports.

The 2019 World Rowing Championships Qualification System for Tokyo 2020 can be found here.

When and Where
August 25-September 1, 2019
Linz-Ottensheim, Austria
Schedule to be released here

How to Follow Racing 
Live tracking and blogging every day at www.worldrowing.com.
Live streaming available in Canada at CBC Sports.

Media Guide

View World Rowing’s World Rowing Championships media guide here. Bio information for Canadian team found here.

Join the conversation @rowingcanada: #WRChamps #rowtotokyo #rowingcanada #truenorthstrong

Canadian Crews – World Rowing Championships

PR2 Men’s Single
Jeremy Hall	Edmonton Rowing Club
PR2 Mixed Double
Jeremy Hall	Edmonton Rowing Club
Jessye Brockway	Gorge Rowing Club
PR3 Men’s Pair
Andrew Todd	North Star Rowing Club
Kyle Fredrickson	University of Victoria Rowing Club
PR1 Men’s Single
Loren Pearson	Victoria City Rowing Club
Women’s Eight
Lisa Roman	Middlesex-Western Rowing Club
Susanne Grainger	London Rowing Club
Nicole Hare	Calgary Rowing Club
Avalon Wasteneys	University of Victoria Rowing Club
Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski	Calgary Rowing Club
Hillary Janssens	University of British Columbia Rowing Club
Christine Roper	Ottawa Rowing Club
Caileigh Filmer	University of Victoria Rowing Club
Kristen Kit (coxswain)	University of British Columbia Rowing Club/St. Catharines Rowing Club
Women’s Pair
Hillary Janssens	University of British Columbia Rowing Club
Caileigh Filmer	University of Victoria Rowing Club
Women’s Four
Madison Mailey	Burnaby Lake Rowing Club
Jennifer Martins	Western University Rowing Club
Stephanie Grauer	Burnaby Lake Rowing Club
Sydney Payne	Brentwood College Rowing Club
Women’s Double
Andrea Proske	Victoria City Rowing Club
Gabrielle Smith	Knowlton Rowing Club
Lightweight Women’s Double
Jill Moffatt	Western University Rowing Club
Jennifer Casson	Kingston Rowing Club
Lightweight Women’s Single
Ellen Gleadow	Burnaby Lake Rowing Club
Spares
Kristin Bauder	Middlesex-Western Rowing Club
Morgan Rosts	Ridley Graduate Boat Club
Rebecca Zimmerman	University of Victoria Rowing Club
Laura Court	St. Catharines Rowing Club
Women’s Single
Carling Zeeman	Sudbury Rowing Club
Men’s Pair
Conlin McCabe	Brockville Rowing Club
Kai Langerfeld	University of Victoria Rowing Club
Men’s Eight
Benjamin de Wit	University of British Columbia Rowing Club
Cody Bailey	MicMac Aquatic Center
Gavin Stone	Queen’s University Rowing Club
Jakub Buczek	Burnaby Lake Rowing Club
Mackenzie Copp	Western University Rowing Club
Martin Barakso	Brentwood College Rowing Club
Taylor Perry	Leander Boat Club
Will Crothers	Kingston Rowing Club
Lesley Thompson-Willie (coxswain)	London Rowing Club
Men’s Double
Matthew Buie	St. Catharines Rowing Club
Trevor Jones	Peterborough Rowing Club
Lightweight Men’s Double
Maxwell Lattimer	University of British Columbia Rowing Club
Patrick Keane	Victoria City Rowing Club
Lightweight Men’s Single
Aaron Lattimer	University of British Columbia Rowing Club
Spares
David De Groot	Brock University Rowing Club
Tim Schrijver	Brock University Rowing Club