John Wallace (rower)

John William Wallace (born April 1, 1962 in Burlington , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian rower .

Wallace didn't begin rowing until 1983 in Hamilton . In 1985 he took part in the World Championships for the first time and finished tenth with the Canadian eighth . In the following year he entered the world championships in four-man with helmsman and reached seventh place. After finishing fifth in eighth at the 1987 World Championships and sixth in eighth at the 1988 Olympic Games, Wallace paused in 1989.

At the 1990 World Championships , the Germany eight won ahead of the Canadian eight with Darren Barber , Andy Crosby , Robert Marland , Derek Porter , Michael Rascher , Bruce Robertson , Brian Saunderson , John Wallace and Terry Paul . The Germans also won the 1991 World Championships ahead of the Canadians, in which Don Telfer was in the boat for Brian Saunderson. At the 1992 Olympic Regatta in Barcelona, ​​the Canadian eighth competed with Michael Forgeron for Don Telfer. The Canadians won the first heat and finished second behind the Romanians in the first semi-final. In the final, the Canadians won with fourteen hundredths of a second ahead of the Romanians, the Germany eighth received the bronze medal.

The 1.92 m tall Wallace was married to the rower Silken Laumann , but the marriage has now divorced.

Web links

• John Wallace in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• John Wallace at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )