Canada Looks to Improve Medal Count

Canadian lightweight men had an impressive win.
© FISA

The Canadians will send a large contingent of 11 crews to the World Championships next month in Spain. 

The team of 34 athletes go to the World Champs having raced internationally once this season. The men’s squad and the lightweights competed at the second World Cup in Lucerne and took away a gold in the lightweight men’s four and bronze in the men’s eight. The women’s squad competed at the third World Cup in Munich winning bronze in the women’s pair and coming fourth in the women’s eight.

Retirements following the 2000 Olympic Games means that Canada has been rebuilding its core of athletes. At last year’s World Championships the only medal was a bronze in the women’s pair. Canadian Head Coach, Brian Richardson, hopes to improve on this performance. ?I am very excited about the speed at which our crews are developing,? he said.

The team will continue training in Canada before they head to Banyoles, Spain at the end of the month for their final preparation.

The 2002 Canadian National Rowing Team:

M8+
Brian Price
Kevin Light
Joe Stankevicius
Andrew Hoskins
Adam Kreek
Jeff Powell
Ben Rutledge
Kyle Hamilton
Matt Swick

M2-
Scott Frandsen
Cam Baerg

LM4-
Iain Brambell
Jon Mandick
Gavin Hassett
Doug Vandor

M2-
Jon Beare
Chris Davidson

LM2x
Brent Borbridge
Matt McCarthy

LW2x
Shona McLaren
Fiona Milne

LW1x
Gen Meredith

W2x
Kubet Weston
Buffy Alexander

W2-
Karen Clark
Jacqui Cook

W4-
Pauline Van Roessel
Darcy Marquardt
Rachelle deJong
Roslyn MacLeod

W8+
Sarah Pape
Pauline VanRoessel
Dorota Urbaniak
Rachelle deJong
Darcy Marquardt
Katy Dunnet
Jacqui Cook
Karen Clark
Roslyn MacLeod
Women’s spare: Jane Rumball