2009 Adaptive Rowing Team - Athlete Bios

 

Coaching staff: Anne-Renée Thibault and Michelle Darvill, LTA4+

Adaptive coxed four (LTA4+)

Tony Theriault - Victoria, B.C.
Stu Starkey - Winnipeg, MB
Meghan Montgomery - Winnipeg, MB
Victoria Nolan - Toronto, ON
Cox: Laura Comeau - St. Catharines, ON

 

Anthony Patrick (Tony) Theriault

 

Birth date: Oct. 18, 1960
Hometown: Nanaimo/Victoria, BC
City of birth: Victoria BC
Club: Nanaimo Rowing Club
Interests: Time at the cottage, rowing Beaver Lake in the winter, stained glass, keeping up with Oakley our dog, and Corrie on the odd Sunday!!
Education: BS – University of Idaho (Recreation & Administration)

Rowing Background/Accomplishments:

2008 - 6th Beijing Paralympics Games
2007 – 3rd, World Championships, Munich, Germany
2006 – 3rd in the LTA4-, World Championships, Eton, England
2005, 2006, 2007 – 1st in the LTA4- Royal Canadian Henley
-2007 – 1st in the BC Masters "C" single

Adaptive Info: LTA – Spinal cord injury

Stu Starkey

Birth date: June 04, 1982

Hometown: Winnipeg, MB
Club Affiliation: Winnipeg Rowing Club

Key results:

First year on adaptive team

 

Meghan Margaret Montgomery

 

Birth date: Nov. 6, 1981
Hometown: Winnipeg, MB
Clubs: Winnipeg Rowing Club/ University of Manitoba Rowing

Interests: Yoga, reading, biking, and listening to music.
Education: BA and BEd from University of Manitoba


Rowing Background/Accomplishments:

2008 - 6th Beijing Paralympics Games
2007 – 3rd in the LTA4+, World Championships, Munich, Germany
2007 – 1st in the LTA4+, Royal Canadian Henley
2006 – 3rd in the LTA4+, World Championships, Eton, England
2006 – 1st in the LTA4+, Royal Canadian Henley
2001 -3rd in the 8+, Canada Summer Games

Adaptive Info: Congenital disability (right hand).

 

Victoria Nolan

 

Birth date: January 3, 1975
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Hometown: Toronto, ON
Interests: Spending time with family (husband Eamonn and children Tarabh and Ceilidh), educating others about disability, public speaking, teaching, dancing, and ROWING!
Education: Master's Degree Child Study and Education; H.B.Sc. (Specialist Cognitive Science)
Club Affiliation: Argonaut Rowing Club

Key results:
2008 - 6th Beijing Paralympics Games
2007 – 3rd, World Championships, Munich, Germany
2007 – 1st in the LTA4+, Henley Gold
2007 – Adaptive Athlete of the Year

Other info: Special Education Teacher (Gledhill Public School, Toronto)

Laura Katherine Comeau

Birth date: March 20, 1983
Hometown: St Catharines, Ont.
Birthplace: St. Catharines
Interests: Painting, Motorcycling, Rafting, Creating amateur documentaries and short films.
Education: B.Sc. Biology, University of Miami, Florida, graduated May 2006
Club Affiliation: Ridley Graduate Boat Club

Key results:

2008 - 6th Beijing Paralympics Games
2007 – 3rd in the LTA4+, World Championships, Munich, Germany
2007 – 1st in the LTA4+, Canadian Henley
2007 – 1st in the W4+ Champ, Head of the Charles, Boston, MA
2006 – 1st in the W4+ Champ, Head of the Charles, Boston, MA

Other info: Cycled across B.C. and Alberta and parts of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario, 2006, and was an MVP at the University of Miami in 2006.