Patricia Obee Explained

Patricia Obee
Nationality:Canadian
Club:Victoria City Rowing Club
Birth Date:31 October 1991
Birth Place:Victoria, British Columbia
Height:1.76m (05.77feet)
Weight:57kg (126lb)

Patricia Obee (born October 31, 1991) is a Canadian rower from Victoria, British Columbia. Obee won a silver at the 2016 Olympics, 2011 World Rowing Championships and 2014 World Rowing Championships in the lightweight women's double sculls.[1]

Career

Obee teamed up with Lindsay Jennerich in the women's lightweight double sculls in 2011, after Jennerich's previous teammate, Tracy Cameron, was injured.[2] Before this, Obee had won a medal in the single lightweight scull event at the 2011 under 23 World Championship, having made her international debut in 2010 after starting to row in high school.

Together Obee and Jennerich won silver at the 2011 World Rowing Championships.[3] The team competed in the lightweight double sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing in 7th place.[4] [5] After the Olympics, she started a degree in anthropology at the University of Washington.

Obee briefly returned to the lightweight single scull in 2013, before reteaming with Jennerich in the lightweight double scull. The team went on to win silver at the 2014 World Championships. At the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, Obee won a silver medal in the lightweight doubles, also with Lindsay Jennerich.[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Canada claims silver at rowing worlds . . September 4, 2011.
  2. Web site: Patricia Obee . 2022-09-04 . Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website . en-US.
  3. Web site: World Rowing - Patricia OBEE . 2022-09-04 . World Rowing . en.
  4. News: Ewing . Lori . June 28, 2016 . Canada announces 26-member Olympic rowing team . . Toronto, Canada . June 28, 2016.
  5. Web site: World Rowing - Olympic Rowing: Gold for Dutch, British and French at Rio Olympic Rowing Regatta . 2022-09-04 . World Rowing . en.
  6. Web site: World Rowing - The year that was … lightweight women’s double sculls . 2022-09-04 . World Rowing . en.