Marnie McBean

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Marnie Elisabeth McBean OC (born January 28, 1968 in Vancouver ) is a former Canadian rower. Together with her long-time partner Kathleen Heddle , she won four Olympic medals in four different boat classes.

After McBean and Heddle had become world champions in two-man without a helmsman in 1991 , the two won gold in this boat class at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. The following day, the two sat in the Canadian eight and won a second gold medal. After 1992 both rowers switched from oar rowing to sculling . At the rowing world championships in 1993 McBean was second in the single behind the German Jana Thieme .

At the 1994 World Championship, McBean and Heddle won silver in double sculls , and the following year they became world champions. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, McBean and Heddle won a double scull. The next day, the two rowed to bronze in double fours.

For the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000, McBean had planned a start in one. Due to severe back problems, she canceled her Olympic start and ended her career. In 2002 she was awarded the Thomas Keller Medal by the World Rowing Association for her outstanding career .

Heddle and McBean became the first Canadians to win three Olympic gold medals in 1996. As the most successful Canadian Olympic athlete, they were overtaken by speed skater Marc Gagnon in 2002 , who won three golds and two bronze medals.

McBean is an athlete ambassador for the development aid organization Right to Play .

literature

Web links

personal data
SURNAME McBean, Marnie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McBean, Marnie Elisabeth (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian rower
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Vancouver