2011 Adaptive Rowing Team - Athlete Bios

 

Coaching staff: Jeff Dunbrack (Ottawa, ON)

Adaptive coxed four (LTA4+)

Tony Theriault - Victoria, B.C.
David Blair - Ottawa, ON
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

Education: BS – University of Idaho (Recreation & Administration)
Interests: Cottage time, stained glass, and keeping up with our two labs Oakley and Scotia

Rowing Background/Accomplishments:
2010 - 1st, World Championships, Karapiro, NZ
2009 - 4th, World Championships, Poznan, Poland
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

Other info: Top overall Canadian Finisher at the Ironman World Championships 1991; Harry Jerome Comeback Athlete Award

David Blair

Birth date: October 15, 1991

Hometown: Ottawa, ON
Club Affiliation: Ottawa Rowing Club

Education: Currently enrolled in second year BHUMS at Carleton
Key results:

2010 - 1st, World Championships, Karapiro, NZ

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:

2010 - 1st, LTA4+, World Championships, Karapiro, NZ
2009 - 4th, LTA4+, World Championships, Poznan, Poland
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 my extremely supportive husband (Eamonn), son (Tarabh) and daughter (Ceilidh)
Education: Master's Degree Child Study and Education; H.B.Sc. (Specialist Cognitive Science)
Club Affiliation: Argonaut Rowing Club/Bayside Rowing Club

Key results:
2010 - 1st, World Championships, Karapiro, NZ
2009 - 4th, World Championships, Poznan, Poland
2008 - 6th Beijing Paralympics Games
2007 – 3rd, World Championships, Munich, Germany
2007 – Adaptive Athlete of the Year

Other info: Special Education Teacher (Toronto District School Board); National Board of Directors (Canadian National Institute for the Blind)
Victoria has a degenerative eye disease (Retiinitis Pigmentosa) that has left her with about three percent of her sight. Her guide dog Vegas is also a valuable member of the team!

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:

2010 - 1st, World Championships, Karapiro, NZ
2009 - 4th, World Championships, Poznan, Poland
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.