Will Crothers
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| Full name | Will Crothers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 14, 1987 Kingston, Ontario | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Will Crothers (born June 14, 1987 in Kingston, Ontario) is a Canadian rower. He started rowing in grade 9 for KCVI, following his brother into the sport.[2] Within just a few years, Will and his rowing partner Rob Gibson were Canadian high school champions in heavyweight pairs. Additionally, Will was named Ontario Male Athlete of the Year in 2005.[3]
He won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics[1] in the men's eight, just behind the German team, with Andrew Byrnes, Gabriel Bergen, Jeremiah Brown, Douglas Csima, Robert Gibson, Malcolm Howard, Conlin McCabe and Brian Price.[4]
In June 2016, he was officially named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team.[5] The men's rowing 4 finished last in the A-final after making it through their heat and semifinal in good standing.[6]
Crothers competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7][8]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Will Crothers". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ^ nurun.com. "Cheer on our athletes". The Kingston Whig-Standard. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
- ^ "Player Bio: Will Crothers - University of Washington Official Athletic Site - GoHuskies.com | University of Washington Athletics". www.gohuskies.com. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
- ^ Sadler, Emily (08-01). "Canadian Men's Eight Wins Olympic Silver". CTV Olympics. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Ewing, Lori (28 June 2016). "Canada announces 26-member Olympic rowing team". Canadian Press. Toronto, Canada. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ "Canada's rowing experiment abject failure: Feschuk | Toronto Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
- ^ "Canada earns 3 more spots at Tokyo Olympics at last-chance regatta". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo Olympic Games Qualification Update – Lightweight Women's Double Sculls (LW2x)". International Rowing Federation. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
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