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Canadian rower (born 1981)

Andréanne Morin
Personal information
Nationality Canada
Born (1981-08-09) August 9, 1981 (age 43)
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Sport
ClubMontreal Rowing Club
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Women's eights
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Lake Bled Eights (W8+)
Silver medal – second place 2010 Lake Karapiro Eights (W8+)
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Milan Eights (W8+)

Andréanne Morin (born August 9, 1981) is a Canadian rower and Olympian.

Career

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 and silver at the 2010 World Rowing Championships and 2011 World Rowing Championships. She was the NCAA champion in rowing 2006.

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. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she was part the Canadian women's eight that won the silver medal.

Other work

Morin was a member of the Athlete Committee at the World Anti Doping Agency.

Education

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. She also later studied law at Université de Montréal.

Honours

In 2012 Morin was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

In 2019, an eponymous shell in her name, the A. Morin 2000, was christened and added to the Phillips Exeter Academy boathouse.

See also

Princeton University Olympians

References

  1. ^ "Andréanne Morin | Rowing Canada". rowingcanada.org. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  2. ^ "Andréanne Morin". Official Canadian Olympic Team Website | Team Canada | 2016 Olympic Games. October 5, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  3. "London 2012 eight with coxswain 8 women – Olympic Rowing". Olympic.org. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
  4. "Andréanne Morin selected to WADA Athlete Committee | Rowing Canada". rowingcanada.org. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  5. "That Guy From Facebook? Yeah, He Went Here". peasummertimes.com. July 21, 2016.
  6. "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.
  7. "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.

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