Andrew Byrnes
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| Full name | Andrew Byrnes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 22, 1983 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | North Star Rowing Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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James Andrew Byrnes (born May 22, 1983) is a Canadian rower and Olympic gold medalist. He was born in Toronto, Ontario and raised in Ithaca, New York. Byrnes is a 2005 graduate of Bates College in Maine, where he rowed for the Bates Rowing Team and earned a master's degree in engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 2006.
He has won four World Rowing Championships medals, a bronze in 2006 in the men's coxed pairs with Derek O'Farrell and Brian Price; and a gold in 2007 in the men's eights, a silver in 2009 in Poznan, Poland in the men's eight and a bronze in Bled, Slovenia in 2011 in the men's eight.
He won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's eights with Ben Rutledge, Kyle Hamilton, Malcolm Howard, Adam Kreek, Kevin Light, Dominic Sieterle, Jake Wetzel and cox Brian Price.[4]
He won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's eights. His teammates included Malcolm Howard and Brian Price, who he won gold with in 2008. The other six were Gabriel Bergen, Jeremiah Brown, Will Crothers, Douglas Csima, Robert Gibson and Conlin McCabe.[5]
References
- ^ "2007 Worlds Results,Men's 8". Retrieved 2008-07-07.
- ^ "2006 Worlds Results,Men's 2+". Retrieved 2008-07-07.
- ^ "2008 World Cup#2 Results,Men's 8". Retrieved 2008-07-07.
- ^ The Canadian Press (2008-08-18). "Gold in Men's Eight, Bronze in Women's Double, Men's Four". TSN.ca. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
- ^ Sadler, Emily (2012-08-01). "Canadian Men's Eight Wins Olympic Silver". CTV Olympics. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
External links
- Profile at Rowing Canada
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- 1983 births
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- Male rowers
- Boat racing people from Ontario
- Canadian male rowers
- Olympic rowers of Canada
- Olympic gold medalists for Canada
- Sportspeople from Toronto
- Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Bates College alumni
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Olympic silver medalists for Canada
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- People from Ithaca
- Sportspeople from New York
- University of Pennsylvania alumni
- American people of Canadian descent
- World Rowing Championships medalists
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