Hillary Janssens (born July 21, 1994 in

Surrey, British Columbia Surrey is a city in British Columbia, Canada. It is located south of the Fraser River on the Canada–United States border. It is a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver regional district and metropolitan area. Mainly a suburban city, Surr ...

) is a Canadian rower from Surrey, British Columbia. Hillary and her rowing partner Caileigh Filmer won a gold medal at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Bulgaria and a bronze medal at the

2019 World Rowing Championships The 2019 World Rowing Championships were held in Ottensheim, Austria from 25 August to 1 September 2019. Apart from Ottensheim, the right to host the championships was contested by Hamburg in Germany, Račice in the Czech Republic, and Varese ...

. Hillary began her rowing career at the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...

in Vancouver in 2012. Achieving immediate success in the sport, Hillary joined the National Team in 2014. In 2016, she graduated from UBC with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. In her five years rowing for UBC, she was undefeated in the coxless pairs and set numerous school records for indoor rowing. Hillary currently resides in

Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. Th ...

. She represented Canada at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

. She is the niece of

NHL The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...

player,

Mark Janssens Mark Francis Janssens (born May 19, 1968) is a Canadian retired ice hockey forward. Janssens started his National Hockey League career with the New York Rangers in 1989. He also played for the Minnesota North Stars, Hartford Whalers, Mighty Du ...

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* * * * 1994 births Living people Canadian female rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Canada Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Sportspeople from Surrey, British Columbia 21st-century Canadian women {{Canada-rowing-bio-stub