Lisa Roman
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| Born | 17 September 1989 Surrey, British Columbia, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| University team | Washington State University Cougars and UFV Cascades | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lisa Roman (born 17 September 1989) is a Canadian rower.[1] She was part of the team that won the silver medal in the Women's eight competition at the 2014 World Rowing Championships.
In June 2016, she was officially named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team as part of the Women's Eight team.[2] The team finished in 5th place.[1]
She represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3] At the Olympics, Roman won the gold medal in the women's eights boat, Canada's first in the event since 1992.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Lisa Roman". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
- ^ Ewing, Lori (28 June 2016). "Canada announces 26-member Olympic rowing team". Canadian Press. Toronto, Canada. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ "Lisa Roman and Andrea Proske named to women's eight Olympic rowing team". Agassiz Harrison Observer. 2021-06-19. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
- ^ Nichols, Paula (29 July 2021). "Team Canada women's eight wins rowing gold at Tokyo 2020". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ Smart, Zack (29 July 2021). "Canada's women's eight rowing crew captures Olympic gold for 1st time in 29 years". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
External links
[edit]- Lisa Roman at World Rowing
- Lisa Roman at RowingCanada
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- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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- Olympic gold medalists for Canada
- University of the Fraser Valley alumni
- Washington State University alumni
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