2008 Adaptive Rowing Team - Athlete Bios

 

Coaching staff: Anne-Renée Thibault, LTA4+ (Montréal, QC); Rebecca Orr, TA2x (Toronto, ON);
Shannon Harvey, AM1x (Calgary, AB). Equipment Manager: Andrew (Smitty) Smith (London, ON)
Team Manager/Program Coordinator
Allison Sheard (Toronto, ON)

 

Steve Daniel

 

Birth date: June 23, 1974
Birthplace: Sudbury, Ontario
Hometown: Val Therese, ON
Club: Sudbury Rowing Club

Education: starting 3rd year of Business Administration at Cambrian College

Interests: ATVing, snowmobiling, fishing, hunting, sledge hockey, wheelchair basketball, anything outdoors

Key results:
2008 – 1st at CIRC
2008 – 2nd at US Nationals

Other info: Served 14 years with the Canadian Armed Forces.

 

Anthony Patrick (Tony) Theriault

 

Birth date: Oct. 18, 1960
Hometown: Nanaimo/Victoria, BC
City of birth: Victoria BC
Club: Nanaimo Rowing Club/ Victoria City 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:

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

Scott Rand

 

Birth date: Oct. 05, 1968
Hometown: Calgary, AB
Interests: Fly-fishing, full-contact yoga, cooking, racquet ball, and extreme mountain biking.
Education: Post Graduate degree in Engineering Design & Drafting
Club Affiliation: Calgary Rowing Club

Key results:
2007 – 3rd, World Championships, Munich, GER
2007 – 1st in the LTA 4+, Henley
2007 – 1st in Men's Novice Single, Western Regina Sprints

Other info: Was in a construction accident in 1997 that resulted in the loss of his lower right leg. Also enjoys cycling, racquet ball, and extreme mountain biking.

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:

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:

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:
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.

 

 

Caitlin Renneson

Birth date: Feb. 9, 1983
Hometown: Ottawa, Ont.
Club: Ottawa Rowing Club

Interests: writing, wheelchair basketball, waterskiing
Education: Honours BA – Carleton University (Humanities); attending Law School

Rowing Background/Accomplishments:
2007 – 9th, World Rowing Championships, Munich, Germany
2006 – 3rd, World Rowing Championships, Eton, England
2006, 2007 - 1st, Canadian Henley
Adaptive Info: TA. Born with Cerebral Palsy

Wilfredo (Papito) Moré Wilson

Birth date: Mar. 30, 1965
Hometown: Toronto, ON (originally Cifuentes, Villa Clara, Cuba)
Club: Argonaut Rowing Club
Education: College (Industrial Mechanic Technician)
Interests: Rowing, wheelchair basketball, seated volleyball, track and field, cooking, BBQing volunteering, spending time with family (wife Connie, two sons, Thomas (3) and Rafael (4), and daughter, Lizary (17), staying in touch with friends around the world

Rowing Background/Accomplishments:
2008 – 2nd at US Nationals, Mercer Lake, NJ
2007 – 9th, World Rowing Championships, Munich, Germany
2006 – 3rd, World Rowing Championships, Eton, England
2007, 2006, 2005- 1st, Henley

Adaptive Info: T.A. Amputated left leg.
Became a Canadian citizen in 2006. Canadian national record holder in Track and Field (58): Shot put and discus (2007)

 

Alternates:
LTA4+
Melissa Pavlicic, Gorge Rowing Club (Victoria, BC)
Stu Starkey, Winnipeg Rowing Club (Winnipeg, MB)
TA2x
Katie Wallace, Sarnia Rowing Club (Sarnia, ON)
AM1x
Peter Morel, Ottawa Rowing Club (Ottawa, ON)