Will Crothers

Will Crothers (born June 14, 1987 in Kingston, Ontario) is a Canadian rower. He started rowing in grade 9 for KCVI, following his brother into the sport.[2] Within just a few years, Crothers and his rowing partner, Rob Gibson, were Canadian high school champions in the senior coxless pair in 2005. Additionally, Crothers was named Ontario Male Athlete of the Year in 2005.[3]

Will Crothers
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Crothers
Nationality Canada
Born (1987-06-14) June 14, 1987
Kingston, Ontario
Height195 cm (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight95 kg (209 lb)[1]
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2012 LondonEight
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2006 DorneyCoxed four
Bronze medal – third place2011 BledEight
World U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place2006 HeindonkEight
Silver medal – second place2008
Brandenburg an der Havel		Eight
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place2004 BanyolesCoxed four
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2015 TorontoCoxless four
Gold medal – first place2015 TorontoEight

He won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics[1] in the men's eight, just behind the German team, with Andrew Byrnes, Gabriel Bergen, Jeremiah Brown, Douglas Csima, Robert Gibson, Malcolm Howard, Conlin McCabe and Brian Price.[4]

In June 2016, he was officially named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team.[5] The men's coxless four finished last in the A-final after making it through their heat and semifinal in good standing.[6]

Crothers competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7][8]

References
  1. "Will Crothers". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  2. nurun.com. "Cheer on our athletes". The Kingston Whig-Standard. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  3. "Player Bio: Will Crothers". www.gohuskies.com. University of Washington Athletics. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  4. Sadler, Emily (August 1, 2012). "Canadian Men's Eight Wins Olympic Silver". CTV Olympics. Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  5. Ewing, Lori (28 June 2016). "Canada announces 26-member Olympic rowing team". CBC Sports. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  6. "Canada's rowing experiment abject failure: Feschuk". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  7. "Canada earns 3 more spots at Tokyo Olympics at last-chance regatta". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  8. "Tokyo Olympic Games Qualification Update – Lightweight Women's Double Sculls (LW2x)". International Rowing Federation. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.


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