Andréanne Morin
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| Nationality |  Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 9, 1981 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Montreal Rowing Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andréanne Morin (born August 9, 1981) is a Canadian rower and Olympian.
Career
[edit]Morin was an integral part of Canada's women's eights rowing team. She won medals at three world championships, a bronze medal at the 2003 World Rowing Championships[1] and silver at the 2010 World Rowing Championships[1] and 2011 World Rowing Championships.[1] She was the NCAA champion in rowing 2006.[1]
Morin was a three time Olympian finishing seventh in the 2004 Summer Olympics and in fourth place at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.[2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics she was part the Canadian women's eight that won the silver medal.[3]
Other work
[edit]Morin was a member of the Athlete Committee at the World Anti Doping Agency.[4]
Education
[edit]She attended The Study, graduating in grade 11 in 1998, and later attended Phillips Exeter Academy, graduating in 2000, followed by a bachelor's degree in political science at Princeton University in 2006.[2][5] She also later studied law at Université de Montréal.[6]
Honours
[edit]In 2012 Morin was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.[7]
In 2019, an eponymous shell in her name, the A. Morin 2000, was christened and added to the Phillips Exeter Academy boathouse.
See also
[edit]Princeton University Olympians
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Andréanne Morin | Rowing Canada". rowingcanada.org. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ a b "Andréanne Morin". Official Canadian Olympic Team Website | Team Canada | 2016 Olympic Games. October 5, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ "London 2012 eight with coxswain 8 women – Olympic Rowing". Olympic.org. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
- ^ "Andréanne Morin selected to WADA Athlete Committee | Rowing Canada". rowingcanada.org. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ "That Guy From Facebook? Yeah, He Went Here". peasummertimes.com. July 21, 2016.
- ^ "Alumnae – (Class of '98) Andréanne Morin – Olympic Silver Medal Winner | The Study". www.thestudy.qc.ca. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ "London 2012 Olympians, Paralympians and builders honoured with Diamond Jubilee Medal in Montreal". Official Canadian Olympic Team Website | Team Canada | 2016 Olympic Games. March 1, 2013. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
External links
[edit]- Profile at Rowing Canada at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-10-11)
- Andréanne Morin at World Rowing
- Andréanne Morin at Olympics.com
- Andréanne Morin at Team Canada
- Andréanne Morin at Olympedia (archive)
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- Olympic silver medalists for Canada
- Olympic medalists in rowing
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- World Rowing Championships medalists for Canada
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- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen
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