Brian Price (rower)

Brian Price

Personal information
Full name	Brian Price
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1976-02-19) February 19, 1976 (age 41) Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Club	Quinte Rowing Club
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  Canada Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Men's eight 2012 London Men's eight World Rowing Championships 2002 Seville Eight (M8+) 2003 Milan Eight (M8+) 2007 Munich Eight (M8+) 2003 Milan Coxed pair (M2+) 2006 Eton Coxed pair (M2+) 2007 Munich Coxed pair (M2+) 2011 Lake Bled Eight (M8+) 2011 Lake Bled Coxed Pair (M2+) World Rowing Cup 2003 Lucerne Eight (M8+) 2004 Munich Eight (M8+) 2004 Lucerne Eight (M8+) 2007 Lucerne Eight (M8+) 2008 Lucerne Eight (M8+) 2002 Lucerne Eight (M8+) Representing  Australia World Rowing Cup 2000 Lucerne Coxed Pair Royal Henley Regatta 2002 Grand Challenge Cup Eight 2003 Grand Challenge Cup Eight 2007 Grand Challenge Cup Eight

Brian Price (born February 19, 1976) has been the Canadian coxswain of the Men's Eight since 2001. He was born in Belleville, Ontario. Price began rowing on the National Team in 1998 after graduating from Seneca College with a Civil Engineering Technology diploma. The first national team crew that he made was the 1998 development lwt eight. He made the move to the heavyweight men's team in 1999 and competed at the Pan Am Games in Winnipeg.

Price has competed at World Championships in the Eight from 2001–2008, 2011 and has earned three World Championship victories ('02,'03,'07) along with a bronze medal most recently in 2011. He has doubled up in the Eight and Coxed Pair four times and medaled each time with a bronze. His Men's Eight gold medal victories came in 2002 (Seville,Spain), 2003 (Milan, Italy) and 2007 (Munich, Germany). His four World Championship Coxed Pair Bronze medals came in 2003, 2006, 2007 & 2011. He also has multiple World Cup medals to his credit, 5 gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze.

Brian is a survivor of childhood cancer, leukemia ALL. He underwent chemotherapy and a harsh drug regime as a child which played havoc with his thyroid and stunted his growth. This left him smaller than he should have been but the perfect size for a coxswain standing at 5'4" tall and 121 lbs. His favorite saying is "Without having had cancer, I would not have become a World and Olympic Champion."

He met his future wife Robbi Stott of Belleville in September 2000 and they were married on December 11, 2004. After having lived in Ottawa after the Athens Olympics for two years, and Robbi becoming a Registered Massage Therapist, they moved back to Victoria so that Brian could train at the Victoria Training Centre full-time in March 2007. They now reside in Orangeville, ON. Robbi has given birth two beautiful baby girls, Brianna Helen on May 31, 2007 and most recently their second daughter, Peyton Victoria on Jan 12, 2010.

Brian is now an Olympic Gold Medalist after dominating the field at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing China. He won the Men's Eight with team mates Kevin Light, Ben Rutledge, Andrew Byrnes, Jake Wetzel, Malcolm Howard, Dominic Sieterle, Adam Kreek and Kyle Hamilton Great Britain won the silver while USA finished with Bronze. The Canadian boat stormed out to a lead right from the start with GB and the USA unable to match their immense power.

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