Brian Price (rower)

Brian Price
Born	February 19, 1976 (1976-02-19) Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	55 kilograms (120 lb)

Medal record
Men's Rowing
Competitor for Canada
Summer Olympics
Gold	2008 Beijing	Men's eights
World Rowing Championships
Gold	2002 Seville	Eight (M8+)
Gold	2003 Milan	Eight (M8+)
Bronze	2003 Milan	Coxed Pair (M2+)
Bronze	2006 Eton	Coxed Pair (M2+)
Gold	2007 Munich	Eight (M8+)
Bronze	2007 Munich	Coxed Pair (M2+)
Bronze	2011 Lake Bled	Eight (M8+)
Bronze	2011 Lake Bled	Coxed Pair (M2+)
World Cup
Bronze	2002 Lucerne	Eight (M8+)
Gold	2003 Lucerne	Eight (M8+)
Gold	2004 Munich	Eight (M8+)
Gold	2004 Lucerne	Eight (M8+)
Gold	2007 Lucerne	Eight (M8+)
Gold	2008 Lucerne	Eight (M8+)
Competitor for Australia
World Cup
Silver	2000 Lucerne	Coxed Pair
Royal Henley Regatta
Gold	2002 Grand Challenge Cup	Men's Eight
Gold	2003 Grand Challenge Cup	Men's Eight
Gold	2007 Grand Challenge Cup	Men's Eight

Brian Price (born February 19, 1976) has been the Canadian coxswain of the Men's Eight since 2001. He was born in Belleville, Ontario. Price began rowing on the National Team in 1998 after graduating from Seneca College with a Civil Engineering Technology diploma. The first national team crew that he made was the 1998 development lwt eight. He made the move to the heavyweight men's team in 1999 and competed at the Pan Am Games in Winnipeg.

Price has competed at World Championships in the Eight from 2001-2008, 2011 and has earned three World Championship victories ('02,'03,'07) along with a bronze medal most recently in 2011. He has doubled up in the Eight and Coxed Pair four times and medaled each time with a bronze. His Men's Eight gold medal victories came in 2002 (Seville,Spain), 2003 (Milan, Italy) and 2007 (Munich, Germany). His four World Championship Coxed Pair Bronze medals came in 2003, 2006, 2007 & 2011. He also has multiple World Cup medals to his credit, 5 gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze.

As a survivor of childhood cancer, leukemia ALL, he credits having had cancer for making him a World Champion and Olympian. He underwent chemotherapy and a harsh drug regime as a child which played havoc with his thyroid and stunted his growth. This left him smaller than he should have been but the perfect size for a coxswain standing at 5'4" tall and 121 lbs. His favorite saying is "Without having had cancer, I would not have become a World and Olympic Champion."

He met his future wife Robbi Stott of Belleville in September 2000 and they got married on December 11, 2004. After having lived in Ottawa after the Athen's Olympics for two years, and Robbi becoming a Registered Massage Therapist, they moved back to Victoria so that Brian could train at the Victoria Training Centre full time in March 2007. They still reside there reside now. Robbi has given birth two beautiful baby girls, Brianna Helen on May 31, 2007 and most recently their second daughter, Peyton Victoria on Jan 12, 2010.

Brian is now an Olympic Gold Medalist after dominating the field at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing China. He won the Men's Eight with team mates Kevin Light, Ben Rutledge, Andrew Byrnes, Jake Wetzel, Malcolm Howard, Dominic Sieterle, Adam Kreek and Kyle Hamilton Great Britain won the silver while USA finished with Bronze. The Canadian boat stormed out to a lead right from the start with GB and the USA unable to match their immense power.

Brian decided to take two years away from rowing (2009, 2010) and enjoyed a successful career in the speaking industry. His motivational story of Cancer survival to Olympic Champion resonated with everyone from corporate audiences to elementary schools. As much as he enjoyed speaking, he was drawn back to rowing by a young and motivated group of guys on the Canadian National Team. With Mike Spracklen still at the helm of the Heavy Men's Eight, it was the obvious choice to return to the Eight with the aim of defending gold in London 2012.

With 2011 being his first World Championships back in the boat, it proved to be successful one with improvements coming throughout the season. Canada finished 5th at the prestigious Lucerne World Cup Regatta and improved even more with a Bronze medal at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled Slovenia. This finish qualified them for the 2012 Olympics (top 7 qualified) and solidified them a legitimate contenders heading into the games.

The 2012 Olympic Men's Eight for Canada consists of Will Crothers, Rob Gibson, Conlin McCabe, Malcolm Howard, Doug Csima, Jerry Brown, Andrew Byrnes & Gabe Bergen. (stroke to bow)

External links

• Brian's Official Website
• Rowing Canada Bio (scroll down)
• Brian's Official Media Page