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Laryssa Biesenthal

Personal information
Born	(1971-06-22) June 22, 1971 (age 53) Walkerton, Ontario, Canada
Spouse	Iain Brambell
Medal record Women's rowing Representing  Canada Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Quadruple sculls 2000 Sydney Eight World Championships 1995 Tampere Quadruple sculls 1997 Aiguebelette-le-lac Eight 1998 Cologne Eight 1999 St. Catharines Eight Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg Double sculls

Laryssa Biesenthal (born June 22, 1971) is a Canadian former representative rower. She is a dual Olympic medallist and represented Canada in sweep-oared and sculling boats at four World Rowing Championships, medalling on each occasion. She is married to Olympic rower Iain Brambell.

Rowing career

Biesenthal first started rowing as a student at the University of British Columbia in 1990.

She made her national representative debut for Canada at the 1995 World Rowing Championships in Tampere, Finland, where she won a silver medal in the quadruple sculls event with Kathleen Heddle, Marnie McBean and Diane O’Grady. This same quad won bronze at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Biensenthal went on to win a silver medal at the 1997 World Rowing Championships, silver and bronze medals at the 1998 World Rowing Championships, and another bronze at the 1999 World Championships.

Biensenthal won two more medals before retiring, gold at the 1999 Pan American Games, and a final bronze at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.

Coaching career

After her retirement from competitive rowing, she worked as a coach for the Canadian national team prior to the 2004 Summer Games. She has been Head Coach at the Brentwood College School on Vancouver Island and in 2022 took a senior coaching role at the Sydney University Boat Club.

Biesenthal has worked as a World Rowing Development Coach in Asia and Oceania was inducted into the University of British Columbia Hall of Fame in 2014.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Laryssa Biesenthal". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
2. Laryssa Biesenthal at World Rowing
3. "2008 Lightweight Men". Archived from the original on August 17, 2008. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
4. ^ International Olympic Committee (August 18, 2020). "Laryssa BIESENTHAL | Olympics.com". Olympics.com. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
5. ^ "Laryssa Biesenthal (2014) - UBC Sports Hall of Fame". University of British Columbia Athletics. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
6. "Laryssa Biesenthal". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. September 18, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
7. "Laryssa Biesenthal (2014) - UBC Sports Hall of Fame". University of British Columbia Athletics. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
8. SUBC announcement

External links

• Laryssa Biesenthal at World Rowing
• Laryssa Biesenthal at Olympics.com
• Laryssa Biesenthal at Olympedia
• Laryssa Biesenthal at Team Canada

• 1971 births
• Living people
• Canadian female rowers
• Olympic rowers for Canada
• Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
• Olympic medalists in rowing
• Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Pan American Games medalists in rowing
• Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
• Rowers at the 1999 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
• World Rowing Championships medalists for Canada
• Rowers from Ontario
• People from Bruce County
• 20th-century Canadian sportswomen