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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 and earned a master's degree in engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 2006.

Andrew Byrnes

Personal information
Full name	James Andrew Byrnes
Nationality	Canada
Born	(1983-05-22) May 22, 1983 (age 39) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Sport
Club	North Star Rowing Club
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  Canada Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Eight 2012 London Eight World Championships 2007 Munich[1] Eight (M8+) 2006 Eton[2] Coxed pair (M2+) 2011 Lake Bled Eight (M8+) World Rowing Cup 2007 Lucerne Eight (M8+) 2007 Linz Eight (M8+) 2008 Lucerne[3] Eight (M8+)

He has won four World Rowing Championships medals, a bronze in 2006 in the men's coxed pairs with Derek O'Farrell and Brian Price; and a gold in 2007 in the men's eights, a silver in 2009 in Poznan, Poland in the men's eight and a bronze in Bled, Slovenia in 2011 in the men's eight.

He won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's eights with Ben Rutledge, Kyle Hamilton, Malcolm Howard, Adam Kreek, Kevin Light, Dominic Sieterle, Jake Wetzel and cox Brian Price.[4]

He won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's eight. His teammates included Malcolm Howard and Brian Price, who he won gold with in 2008. The other six were Gabriel Bergen, Jeremiah Brown, Will Crothers, Douglas Csima, Robert Gibson and Conlin McCabe.[5]

References

External links

• Profile at Rowing Canada at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-08-17)
• Andrew Byrnes at World Rowing
• Andrew Byrnes at the Canadian Olympic Committee
• Andrew Byrnes at the International Olympic Committee
• Andrew Byrnes at Olympedia

На других языках

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- [en] Andrew Byrnes

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[fr] James Andrew Byrnes

James Andrew Byrnes, né le 22 mai 1983 à Toronto, est un rameur canadien.

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[it] Andrew Byrnes

James Andrew Byrnes (Toronto, 22 maggio 1983) è un canottiere canadese, vincitore della medaglia d'oro nell'8 con a Pechino 2008.

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[ru] Бирнс, Эндрю

Джеймс Эндрю Бирнс (англ. James Andrew Byrnes; род. 22 мая 1983[1][2], Торонто) — канадский гребец, выступавший за сборную Канады по академической гребле в период 2005—2012 годов. Чемпион летних Олимпийских игр в Пекине, серебряный призёр Олимпийских игр в Лондоне, чемпион мира, победитель этапов Кубка мира, победитель и призёр многих регат национального и международного значения.

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