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| Full name | William Crothers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 14, 1987 Kingston, Ontario | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Will Crothers (born June 14, 1987) is a Canadian rower. He started rowing in grade 9 for KCVI, following his brother into the sport.[2] Within just a few years, Crothers and his rowing partner, Rob Gibson, were Canadian high school champions in the senior coxless pair in 2005. Additionally, Crothers was named Ontario Male Athlete of the Year in 2005.[3]
He won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics[1] in the men's eight, just behind the German team, with Andrew Byrnes, Gabriel Bergen, Jeremiah Brown, Douglas Csima, Robert Gibson, Malcolm Howard, Conlin McCabe and Brian Price.[4]
In June 2016, he was officially named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team.[5] The men's coxless four finished last in the A-final after making it through their heat and semifinal in good standing.[6]
Crothers competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7][8]
- ^ a b c "Will Crothers". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. July 4, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
- ^ nurun.com. "Cheer on our athletes". The Kingston Whig-Standard. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
- ^ "Player Bio: Will Crothers". www.gohuskies.com. University of Washington Athletics. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
- ^ Sadler, Emily (August 1, 2012). "Canadian Men's Eight Wins Olympic Silver". CTV Olympics. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
- ^ Ewing, Lori (June 28, 2016). "Canada announces 26-member Olympic rowing team". CBC Sports. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
- ^ "Canada's rowing experiment abject failure: Feschuk". Toronto Star. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
- ^ "Canada earns 3 more spots at Tokyo Olympics at last-chance regatta". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. May 16, 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo Olympic Games Qualification Update – Lightweight Women's Double Sculls (LW2x)". International Rowing Federation. April 23, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2021.