Jessica Monroe (born May 31, 1966) is a Canadian rower. She was born in Palo Alto, California. Monroe won two gold medals at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

in Barcelona, in the coxless four and in the eight, and a silver medal in

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in Atlanta.

Awards and honours

In 2013, Monroe was inducted into the

Canada's Sports Hall of Fame Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (french: Panthéon des sports canadiens; sometimes referred to as the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame) is a Canadian sports hall of fame and museum in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Dedicated to the history of sports in Canad ...

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* 1966 births Living people Canadian female rowers Olympic rowers for Canada Olympic gold medalists for Canada Olympic silver medalists for Canada Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century Canadian women {{Canada-rowing-bio-stub