Andrew Byrnes
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Andrew Byrnes
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| Full name | Andrew Byrnes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Canada |
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| Born | May 22, 1983 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | North Star Rowing Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
He has won three 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 and a silver in 2009 in Poznan, Poland 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]
References
- ^ "2007 Worlds Results,Men's 8". http://80.83.47.230/n_results_details.fwx?mracenr=289&mrace=FA&mclass=M8+&mdate=02/09/2007&mid_compet=355&cname=2007%20World%20Championships%20-%20Munich%20Oberschleissheim,%20Germany&mview=1. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
- ^ "2006 Worlds Results,Men's 2+". http://80.83.47.230/n_results_details.fwx?mracenr=191&mrace=FA&mclass=M2+&mdate=26/08/2006&mid_compet=121&cname=2006%20World%20Championships%20-%20Eton%20Dorney%20Lake,%20Great%20Britain&mview=1. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
- ^ "2008 World Cup#2 Results,Men's 8". http://80.83.47.230/n_results_details.fwx?mracenr=141&mrace=FA&mclass=M8+&mdate=01/06/2008&mid_compet=362&cname=2008%20WCp%202%20-%20Lucerne%20Rotsee,%20Switzerland&mview=1. 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. http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/story/?id=246638&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_olympics. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
External links
- Profile at Rowing Canada
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