PAYNE Sydney

Canada

Rowing

Date of Birth: 16 Sep 1997

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.86/6'1''

Place of residence : CANADA

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rowing	Women's Eight CAN Canada	1

Schedule

Change

Location	Event	Status
Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Eight Heat 1 #61	Finished
Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Eight Repechage 1 #103	Finished
Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Eight Final A #129	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Championships

Year	Location	4-	8+
2019	Linz, AUT	8	-
2018	Plovdiv, BUL	-	2

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
2	Eight	2018	Lucerne, SUI	6:08.11
4	Pair	2019	Poznan, POL	7:49.87
4	Four	2019	Rotterdam, NED	6:57.84

World Championships Under 23

Year	Location	8+
2018	Poznan, POL	1
2017	Plovdiv, BUL	1

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded

Nickname:

Syd (Twitter profile, 18 Sep 2019)

Hobbies:

Skiing, cooking, playing card games. (rowingcanada.org, 05 Mar 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

University of California, Berkeley, United States of America

Languages spoken:

English

Coach:

Michelle Darvill [national]; Phil Marshall [national], CAN; Lesley Thompson-Willie [national], CAN

Other sports:

Prior to rowing she competed in alpine skiing, and in the 2013/14 season she took part in a number of FIS points-ranked races in Canada, as well as at the national junior championships. (fis-ski.com, 01 Jan 2020)

National team:

2015 (rowingcanada.org, 05 Mar 2019)

Start:

She began rowing in 2013. (rowingcanada.org, 05 Mar 2019)

Training:

She trains with the Canadian national team at Elk Lake in Victoria, BC, Canada. (timescolonist.com, 28 Sep 2019.)

Philosophy:

"It is hard to make the boat go as fast as you want to. The enemy, of course, is resistance of the water, as you have to displace the amount of water equal to the weight of men and equipment, but that very water is what supports you and that very enemy is your friend. So is life - the very problems you must overcome also support you and make you stronger in overcoming them." [George Yeoman Pocock] (Instagram profile, 13 Aug 2015)

General Interest

General
ROOMMATES AND RIVALS
Up until the time she graduated from University of California, Berkeley, in 2019, she was roommates at the university with US rower Dana Moffat. They first met at the 2015 Junior World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and became friends after rowing for the university's team. She says it was strange to compete against each other at international races given their close relationship at university. "Every summer since [2015 junior worlds] we've raced each other for opposing countries. It's been an interesting rivalry having to race each other in the summer then come back a week later and be on the same [university] team. It was a little weird lining up on the start line and not being on the same boat. Usually we were pair partners [at university]." (NCAA Twitter profile, 21 Jun 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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