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Born | June 30, 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Potomac, Maryland [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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College team | Virginia | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Leia Till (born June 30, 2001) is a national team rower representing Canada. She became a Pan American Games champion when she won gold in the women's eight at the 2023 Pan Am Games in Santiago. [2] [1]
Till attended the University of Virginia. During her 3 year competitive career at UVA (2021–2023), she won 3 ACC Championships, [3] [4] [5] and was named a CRCA All- American all 3 years. [6] [7] [8]
In September 2023, Till was named to the Canadian Pan American Games Team, [9] [10] in the Women's Four, Women's Eight and Mixed Eight events. She placed 4th in the Women's Four and Mixed Eight, and became the first-ever Pan American Games champion in the Women's Eight (2023 was the first time the Women's Eight had been contested at the Pan American Games). [11] Rowing at the 2023 Pan American Games. Till won her second International title in July 2024, when she helped Canada win the Town Challenge Cup in a Women's Four at the Henley Royal Regatta. [12]