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Silken Suzette Laumann, MSC (born November 14, 1964) is a Canadian champion rower.

Silken Laumann
Personal information
Born (1964-11-14) November 14, 1964 (age 57)
Toronto Township, Ontario, Canada
Alma materUniversity of Western Ontario
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta Single sculls
1984 Los Angeles Double sculls
1992 Barcelona Single sculls
World Rowing Championships
1991 Vienna Single sculls
1990 Tasmania Single sculls
1995 Tampere Single sculls
Pan American Games
1987 Indianapolis Single sculls
1995 Mar del Plata Single sculls

Life and career


Laumann was born in Toronto Township, Ontario, now Mississauga. Starting in 1976, Laumann won a number of awards, including a gold medal in quadruple sculls at the U.S. Championships, two gold medals in single sculls at the Pan American Games, a bronze medal at the 1984 Olympics in the double sculls with her sister Daniele. At the 1988 Olympics, Laumann finished seventh in the double scull. Laumann graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.[1] Laumann won a silver medal in single sculls at the 1990 World Championships, and the gold medal at the following year's World Championships.

Arguably the most famous incident in Laumann's life was during her training leading up to the 1992 Summer Olympics. One of the odds-on favourites to capture a gold medal, her shell was involved in a collision with the boat of German coxless pair team Colin von Ettinghausen and Peter Hoeltzenbein on May 15, 1992. Despite serious injuries to her leg (in her words, "The injury looked so bad I actually wondered whether I was going to lose my leg, because I could see the bone."[2]), five operations and a total stay in the hospital of approximately three weeks, Laumann was back on the water training by late June. Her efforts paid off with a bronze medal, and she was subsequently named Canadian of the Year by the Canadian Club in recognition and was selected to carry the Canadian Flag in the closing ceremonies of the Olympics.

After a one-year absence to allow the injury to heal further, Laumann resumed competing in 1994, and she won a silver at the 1995 World Championships. She also won a gold medal as part of a quad sculls team at the 1995 Pan American Games, but was subsequently stripped of the medal after testing positive for pseudoephedrine (which she claimed to have accidentally ingested due to a mix-up in what cold medicine she could safely use[3]). Her final competitive race was at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where Silken won a silver medal in single sculls. She formally announced her retirement three years later.

Laumann was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1998 and was awarded the Thomas Keller Medal in 1999 for her outstanding international rowing career. In 2004, she was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame.[4]

She now lives in Victoria, British Columbia and works as a public speaker.


See also



References


  1. "Fall 2017 - Western Alumni". Alumnigazette.ca. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  2. Bucholtz, Andrew (July 5, 2012). "Silken Laumann's inspiring comeback from a gruesome leg injury". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  3. "Canada stripped of gold after athlete fails drug test". CBC News. August 1, 1999. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  4. "Silken Laumann". oshof.ca. Ontario Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved September 25, 2014.

Further reading





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[it] Silken Laumann

Silken Suzette Laumann (Mississauga, 14 novembre 1964) è un'ex canottiera canadese.

[ru] Лауман, Силкен

Силкен Сюзетт Лауман (англ. Silken Suzette Laumann; род. 14 ноября 1964[1][2], Миссиссога, Онтарио), в замужестве Уоллес (англ. Wallace) — канадская гребчиха, выступавшая за сборную Канады по академической гребле в 1980-х и 1990-х годах. Серебряная и дважды бронзовая призёрка летних Олимпийских игр, чемпионка мира, чемпионка Панамериканских игр, победительница и призёрка регат национального значения.



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