There have been a total of 14 CRC rowers who have represented Canada at the Summer Olympic Games. This spans from 1976 to 2024, except for Los Angeles in 1984 and Athens in 2004. A great representation of Calgary rowers at the Summer Olympic Games!
1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal.
Barb Boettcher finished 9th in the women’s coxed quad
York Langerfeld finished 11th in the men’s quad
1976 Women’s coxed quad picture “c 1977 Canadian Olympic Committee / Canadian Olympic Committee”
1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow boycotted by Western countries over conflicting ideologies between capitalism and communism.
Two athletes who were selected from the CRC to represent Canada were Shelley Donald and York Langerfeld, who served alternate
Don Telfer competed in 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea where he finished 6th in the men’s eight
Bruce Robertson winning Olympic gold for the men’s eight in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain
Don Telfer finished 5th in the B final - Men’s Four at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain
1992 men’s four picture “c 1993 Canadian Olympic Committee / Canadian Olympic Committee”
Heather McDermid earned a silver in the women’s eight at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta in 1996
1996 women’s eight picture “c 1997 Canadian Olympic Committee / Canadian Olympic Committee”
Heather McDermid earning a bronze in the women’s eight at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia
Morgan Crooks, Bryan Donnelly, and Michael Belenkie finished seventh overall in the men’s eight at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia
Tracy Cameron finishing third in the women’s lightweight double at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
Scott Rand finished 6th in the mixed coxed four at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Nicole Hare finished 14th in the Women’s pair at the 2016 Summer Olympics- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2016 Women’s pair “c 2017 Canadian Olympic Committee / Canadian Olympic Committee”
Nicole Hare finished 10th in the Women’s four at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan
Jessica Sevick finished 6th at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan
Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski won Olympic gold in the women’s eight at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan
2020 wommen’s four picture “c 2021 Canadian Olympic Committee / Canadian Olympic Committee”
2020 wommen’s doublel picture “c 2021 Canadian Olympic Committee / Canadian Olympic Committee”
2020 medal picture “c 2021 Canadian Olympic Committee / Canadian Olympic Committee”
Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski and Jessica Sevick competed in the women’s eight, earning a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France
2024 medal picture “c 2021 Canadian Olympic Committee / Canadian Olympic Committee”