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Will Crothers (born June 14, 1987 in
Kingston, Ontario Kingston is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located on the north-eastern end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River (south end of the Rideau Canal). The city is midway between Toro ...
) is a Canadian rower. He started rowing in grade 9 for
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, following his brother into the sport. Within just a few years, Will and his rowing partner Rob Gibson were Canadian high school champions in heavyweight pairs. Additionally, Will was named Ontario Male Athlete of the Year in 2005. He won a silver medal at the
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in the men's eight, just behind the German team, with
Andrew Byrnes James Andrew Byrnes (born May 22, 1983) is a Canadian rower and Olympic gold medallist. He was born in Toronto, Ontario and raised in Ithaca, New York. Byrnes is a 2005 graduate of Bates College in Maine, where he rowed for the Bates Rowing Team ...
,
Gabriel Bergen Gabriel "Gabe" Bergen (born 6 July 1982 in Dawson Creek) is a Canadian rower. Bergen won a silver medal as part of the men's eights for Canada at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He has also won one medal of every colour at the World Champions ...
, Jeremiah Brown,
Douglas Csima Douglas Csima (born 21 November 1985 in Mississauga) is a Canadian rower. He won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's eight with Andrew Byrnes, Gabriel Bergen, Jeremiah Brown, Will Crothers Will Crothers (born June 14, 19 ...
, Robert Gibson, Malcolm Howard,
Conlin McCabe Conlin McCabe (born August 20, 1990) is a Canadian rower. He won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic games and two gold medals at the 2015 Pan American Games. Born in Brockville, Ontario, McCabe rowed for the University of Washington from 2009 to ...
and Brian Price. In June 2016, he was officially named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team. The men's rowing 4 finished last in the A-final after making it through their heat and semifinal in good standing. Crothers competed at the
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* * 1987 births Canadian male rowers Living people Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Olympic rowers of Canada Olympic silver medalists for Canada Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Kingston, Ontario Rowers at the 2015 Pan American Games World Rowing Championships medalists for Canada Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Canadian people {{Canada-rowing-bio-stub