Julie Wafaei

Julie Wafaei now Julie Angus (born 1974) is a Canadian rower and cyclist, married to the explorer Colin Angus.

Julie’s undergraduate degree is from McMaster University, honours in biology and psychology; she graduated in 1997. Her Masters of Science is from the University of Victoria, where she specialized in molecular biology. She also studied at the University of Leeds for a year. After graduation she worked in the area of venture capital, technology transfer, and business development [1]. She met Colin Angus in 2003, and they were married in 2007. Julie and Colin have two sons: Leif, born September, 2010, and Oliver, born June, 2014.

Julie is the first woman to row the Atlantic Ocean from mainland to mainland. Her Atlantic row was part of an expedition with her then fiance Colin Angus to circumnavigate the Northern hemisphere entirely by human power. She accompanied Colin Angus for half of the expedition, in a bid to promote self propulsion as a fun and healthy means of travel. [2][3]

For her achievement Julie and Colin Angus jointly received the Adventurer of the Year Award from National Geographic Adventure. She co-produced a documentary and wrote a book titled "Rowboat in a Hurricane: My Amazing Journey Across a Changing Atlantic Ocean" [4], detailing her exploits.

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