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Lesley Thompson

Lesley Thompson
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Eight
Silver medal – second place 1984 Los Angeles coxed four
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Eight
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Eight
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Eight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 Vienna Eights
Silver medal – second place 2010 Lake Karapiro Eights
Silver medal – second place 2011 Lake Bled Eights
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Montreal Eights
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Hazewinkel Coxed fours
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Nottingham Coxed fours
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Cologne Eights
Bronze medal – third place 1999 St. Catharines Eights
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Aiguebelette Eights
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1986 Edinburgh Coxed four

Lesley Allison Thompson-Willie (born September 20, 1959) is a Canadian rowing coxswain and Olympic champion. She has competed at eight different Olympics, from 1984 to 2016, winning medals in five of them including gold in coxed eight at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She has also won the World Championship in 1991.

At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Thompson competed in the Women's Coxed Four event; the Canadian team won a silver medal behind gold winner Romania. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul the Canadian team qualified for the B final in coxed four, and placed 7th. At the 1991 World Championships in Austria she won a gold medal in coxed eight with the Canadian team. Next year, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona she competed in coxed eight, winning a gold medal for Canada. In 1996 in Atlanta she won a silver medal in coxed eight. At the 1998 World Championships in France she placed second in coxed eight. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney she won a bronze medal in coxed eight. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she coxed the Canadian eight boat that finished in fourth. When the Canadian eights won silver at the 2012 London Olympics she became the first Canadian to win medals at five different Olympic Games.


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