Heather Mandoli (born October 25, 1982, in

Kelowna Kelowna ( ) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the head office of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. The name Kelowna derives from the Okanagan word ''ki� ...

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

) is a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is di ...

. She finished in fourth place at the

2008 Summer Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

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in the women's eights with Ashley Brzozowicz,

Darcy Marquardt Darcy Marquardt (born March 22, 1979) is a Canadian rower. She graduated from the University of Victoria in 2005 with a major in French, and a minor in Psychology. She has been on the National Women's Rowing Team for 10 years (2002-2012). In her ...

Buffy-Lynne Williams Buffy-Lynne Williams (formerly Buffy Alexander; born March 27, 1977) is a Canadian rower. She was born in St. Catharines, Ontario. The daughter of former National Hockey League player Claire Alexander, she began rowing at age 17. She won a br ...

Jane Thornton Jane S. Thornton is a Canadians, Canadian Clinician Scientist, Olympic Games, Olympic rowing (sport), rower and international advocate for physical activity. She is the Canada Research Chair in Injury Prevention and Physical Activity for Health a ...

Romina Stefancic Romina Stefancic (born July 21, 1978) is a Slovenian-Canadian rower. Born in Slovenia, she received Canadian citizenship in 2004, prior to competing in the 2004 Summer Olympics. She finished in fourth place at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in ...

, Sarah Bonikowsky,

Andréanne Morin 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 Championship ...

and cox Lesley Thompson-Willie.

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