Jon Beare (born May 10, 1974) 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. Born in

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, he started rowing in 1988 and is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario. In 1993, he participated in the Canada Games in Kamloops B.C. as a member of the Ontario Team. The team returned with a gold in the four, and a silver in the eight. The following year as a member of the National Team he won a bronze in the Men's Lightweight 8 at the 1994 Commonwealth Regatta in London, Ontario. He and his family lives in

Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia Shawnigan Lake is the name of a village on British Columbia's Vancouver Island. The name Shawnigan is an adaptation of the Hul'qumi'num name Showe'luqun, for the lake and the village. It is part of Electoral Area B in the Cowichan Valley Regi ...

, near

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. Beare has competed in the Olympics three times (2000, 2004 and 2008), and won a bronze in the men's lightweight fours at the

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with

Iain Brambell Iain Brambell (born November 10, 1973) was born and raised in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia. Brambell is a three time Canadian Olympic rower having competed in Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008. He is a graduate of Brock University and ...

, Liam Parsons and Mike Lewis.

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