Kristopher "Kip" McDaniel (born January 27, 1982, in

Cobble Hill, British Columbia Cobble Hill is a small community on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It is located approximately north of Victoria, British Columbia, Victoria on Highway 1 in the Cowichan Valley Regional District, and is known for its agricultural sur ...

) 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 ...

. McDaniel attended high school at

Shawnigan Lake School Shawnigan Lake School is a co-educational independent boarding school located on Vancouver Island in Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, Canada. It was founded by Englishman Christopher Windley "C. W." Lonsdale in 1916, and was partly modelled afte ...

Vancouver Island Vancouver Island is an island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of British Columbia. The island is in length, in width at its widest point, and in total area, while are o ...

. After high school he went on to get a

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degree in government from

Harvard Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

. He attended

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, where he rowed in the

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and

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Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race The Boat Race is an annual set of rowing races between the Cambridge University Boat Club and the Oxford University Boat Club, traditionally rowed between open-weight eights on the River Thames in London, England. There are separate men's a ...

s, at stroke oar in 2006. He was a two-time national champion at

(in the stroke seat); while there, he also rowed for USA at the Lucerne World Cup in 2004. From 2005 until 2008, he was a member of the Canadian National Team, winning bronze medals at the 2005 and 2007 World Championships. After retiring from competitive rowing in 2008, McDaniel became the editor-in-chief of

aiCIO ''Chief Investment Officer Magazine'' (formerly ''aiCIO'') was an English-language international finance magazine. It is now just a website owned by Strategic Insight. In 2009, the magazine was honored with Folio's Silver Ozzie Award for "Best ...

, a financial publication based in New York City. After leaving aiCIO in 2016, McDaniel became the editor-in-chief of

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McDaniel, Kristopher 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from British Columbia Harvard Crimson rowers Canadian male rowers Alumni of the University of Cambridge Cambridge University Boat Club rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Canada Shawnigan Lake School alumni