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| Born | June 27, 1977 Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Western Ontario | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Thunder Bay Rowing Club | ||||||||||||||
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Daniel Liam Parsons (born June 27, 1977) is a Canadian rower. He was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Parsons won a bronze in the men's lightweight fours at the 2008 Summer Olympics with Iain Brambell, Mike Lewis and Jon Beare. [1]
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Jon Beare was a Canadian rower. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he started rowing in 1988 and was a graduate of the University of Western Ontario. In 1993, he participated in the Canada Games in Kamloops B.C. as a member of the Ontario Team. The team returned with a gold in the four, and a silver in the eight. The following year as a member of the National Team he won a bronze in the Men's Lightweight 8 at the 1994 Commonwealth Regatta in London, Ontario. He lived with his family in Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, near Greater Victoria.
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This article contains a chronological summary of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Matthew Langridge is a British rower. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he was part of the British crew that won the bronze medal in the men's eight. He was the 2015 European Champion in the men's pair, along with James Foad. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro he was part of the British crew that won the gold medal in the men's eight.
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Caroline Green is an American ice dancer. With her skating partner, Michael Parsons, she is the 2022 Four Continents champion, a two-time ISU Grand Prix medalist, a four-time medalist on the ISU Challenger Series, and a four-time U.S. national medalist.
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