Andréanne Morin Explained

Andréanne Morin
Club:Montreal Rowing Club
Birth Date:9 August 1981
Birth Place:Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

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.[1] 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.[2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics she was part the Canadian women's eight that won the silver medal.[3]

Other work

Morin was a member of the Athlete Committee at the World Anti Doping Agency.[4]

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.[5] She also later studied law at Université de Montréal.[6]

Honours

In 2012 Morin was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.[7]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Andréanne Morin Rowing Canada. rowingcanada.org. June 1, 2017. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051502/http://rowingcanada.org/national-team/athletes/heavyweight-women/2012/andreanne-morin. December 22, 2017. dead.
  2. Web site: Andréanne Morin. Official Canadian Olympic Team Website Team Canada 2016 Olympic Games. June 1, 2017. October 5, 2015.
  3. Web site: London 2012 eight with coxswain 8 women – Olympic Rowing . Olympic.org . September 10, 2016.
  4. Web site: Andréanne Morin selected to WADA Athlete Committee Rowing Canada. rowingcanada.org. June 1, 2017. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20171222053218/http://rowingcanada.org/news-events/news/andreanne-morin-selected-wada-athlete-committee. December 22, 2017. dead.
  5. Web site: That Guy From Facebook? Yeah, He Went Here . peasummertimes.com. July 21, 2016 .
  6. Web site: Alumnae – (Class of '98) Andréanne Morin – Olympic Silver Medal Winner The Study. www.thestudy.qc.ca. June 1, 2017. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20171222052759/http://www.thestudy.qc.ca/alumnae/profiles/class-of-98-andreanne-morin-olympic-athlete. December 22, 2017. dead.
  7. Web site: London 2012 Olympians, Paralympians and builders honoured with Diamond Jubilee Medal in Montreal. Official Canadian Olympic Team Website Team Canada 2016 Olympic Games. June 1, 2017. March 1, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160313091634/http://olympic.ca/press/london-2012-olympians-paralympians-and-builders-honoured-with-diamond-jubilee-medal-in-montreal-2/. March 13, 2016. dead. mdy-all.

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