Christine Roper

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Christine Roper
Personal information
Born (1990-05-15) 15 May 1990 (age 31)
Montego Bay, Jamaica
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
University teamVirginia Cavaliers
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Eight
U23 World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Belarus BW Eight
Gold medal – first place 2011 Amsterdam BW Eight
Gold medal – first place 2012 Trakai BW Coxless four
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Chungju Coxless four
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Chungju Eight
Silver medal – second place 2014 Amsterdam Eight
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Aiguebelette Eight
Silver medal – second place 2017 Sarasota Eight
Silver medal – second place 2018 Plovdiv Eight

Christine Faith Roper[1] (born 15 May 1990) is a Canadian rower.[2] She was part of the team that won the bronze medal in the Women's eight and the silver in the "Women's four" competition at the 2014 World Rowing Championships.

She was a member of the women's eights that won silver and bronze medals at the 2014 and 2015 World Rowing Championships, respectively.

In June 2016, she was officially named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team as part of the Women's coxed eight team.[3] The team finished in 5th place.[2]

After the Rio Olympics, Roper went on to represent Canada at the 2017, 2018 and 2019 World Rowing Championships. Over the course of her rowing career, she has medalled over 20 times at World Rowing events.

She represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4] At the Olympics, Roper won the gold medal in the women's eights boat, Canada's first in the event since 1992.[5][6]

References[]

  1. ^ One Hundred and Eighty-Second Final Exercises (PDF). University of Virginia. 22 May 2011. p. 29. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Christine Roper". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  3. ^ Ewing, Lori (28 June 2016). "Canada announces 26-member Olympic rowing team". Canadian Press. Toronto, Canada. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  4. ^ Dheensaw, Cleve. "Cycling injury during training could keep rower from Tokyo Olympics". Times Colonist. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  5. ^ Nichols, Paula (29 July 2021). "Team Canada women's eight wins rowing gold at Tokyo 2020". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  6. ^ Smart, Zack (29 July 2021). "Canada's women's eight rowing crew captures Olympic gold for 1st time in 29 years". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

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