COURT Laura

Canada

Rowing

Date of Birth: 13 Dec 1996

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Sport Class: CXW

Place of birth: ST. CATHARINES, ON

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : ST. CATHARINES, ON

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rowing	PR3 Mixed Coxed Four - PR3Mix4+ CAN Canada	8

Schedule

Change

Location	Event	Status
Sea Forest Waterway	PR3 Mixed Coxed Four - PR3Mix4+ Heat 1 #7	Finished
Sea Forest Waterway	PR3 Mixed Coxed Four - PR3Mix4+ Repechage 1 #15	Finished
Sea Forest Waterway	PR3 Mixed Coxed Four - PR3Mix4+ Final B #20	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
4	PR3 Mixed Coxed Four - PR3Mix4+	2018	Plovdiv, BUL	7:10.21

Hobbies:

Reading, weightlifting, skiing, running. (rowingcanada.org, 01 Jan 2021; Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

Education:

Psychology - Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, CAN

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

St. Catharines Rowing Club [Canada]

Coach:

John Wetzstein [national], CAN

Start:

She took up the sport at age 13 at Ridley College in St. Catharines, ON, Canada. (gobadgers.ca, 28 Oct 2018; blogs.ridleycollege.com, 24 Aug 2017; Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

Reason:

She was encouraged to take up rowing by her father, who had competed in the sport. "I was too small to be a rower, so the coaches had me start as a coxswain. I've loved every second of it since then." (gobadgers.ca, 28 Oct 2018)

Memorable:

Securing her place to compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

Influence:

Her teammates. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

Ritual:

"I have my own pre-race rituals of going over the boat, making sure everything is in place, making sure my coxbox works, and listening to previous recordings I have taken of myself or other coxswain recordings that get me pumped up." (Brock University Women's Rowing Facebook page, 11 May 2017)

Philosophy:

"When you've got something to prove, there's nothing greater than a challenge." [US American football player Terry Bradshaw] (rowingcanada.org, 01 Jan 2021)

Award:

In 2018 she was named National Female Athlete of the Year by Ontario University Athletics [OUA] Rowing in Canada. She was the first coxswain to win the award. (gobadgers.ca, 05 Nov 2018)

General Interest

General
ABLE-BODIED COXSWAIN
She won gold medals in able-bodied rowing as a coxswain at the world U23 championships in 2017 and 2018. She joined the Canadian national Para rowing team ahead of the 2018 World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. "That was my first time racing with them. I'm kind of considered an athlete, but I'm also considered a guide. I don't have all the experience in the world with a Paralympic boat, but I'm definitely giving everything to make sure that I learn as much as I can and make sure I know what I'm doing. I would say there's not too much difference [between able-bodied and Para rowing]. I'm still doing the steering, the technical stuff, everything in practice. I do have to know in any case what my crew is capable of." (stcatharinesstandard.ca, 10 Jun 2021; bayshorebroadcasting.ca, 23 Aug 2018)

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Legend

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

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