Ashley Brzozowicz (born December 17, 1982) is a Canadian

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. She was raised in

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. Her rowing career began as a sophomore at St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago. She graduated from

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with a

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degree in History of Art. Brzozowicz finished second at the

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championships in 2004. Brzozowicz finished in fourth place at the

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in the women's eights with Jane Thornton,

Darcy Marquardt Darcy Marquardt (born March 22, 1979) is a Canadian rower. She graduated from the University of Victoria in 2005 with a major in French, and a minor in Psychology. She has been on the National Women's Rowing Team for 10 years (2002-2012). In her ...

Buffy-Lynne Williams Buffy-Lynne Williams (formerly Buffy Alexander; born March 27, 1977) is a Canadian rower. She was born in St. Catharines, Ontario. The daughter of former National Hockey League player Claire Alexander, she began rowing at age 17. She won a br ...

Sarah Bonikowsky Sarah Bonikowsky (born August 23, 1982) is a Canadian Rowing (sport), rower. She was born in Orangeville, Ontario, Orangeville, Ontario and graduated from the University of Victoria with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in philosophy with a minor in ...

Romina Stefancic Romina Stefancic (born July 21, 1978) is a Slovenian-Canadian rower. Born in Slovenia, she received Canadian citizenship in 2004, prior to competing in the 2004 Summer Olympics. She finished in fourth place at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in ...

Andréanne Morin Andréanne Morin (born August 9, 1981) is a Canadian rower and Olympian. Career Morin was an integral part of Canada's women's eights rowing team. She won medals at three world championships, a bronze medal at the 2003 World Rowing Championship ...

Heather Mandoli Heather Mandoli (born October 25, 1982, in Kelowna, British Columbia) is a Canadian rower. She finished in fourth place at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China in the women's eights with Ashley Brzozowicz, Darcy Marquardt, Buffy-Ly ...

and cox Lesley Thompson-Willie. At the

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, Brzozowicz won a silver medal in the Women's eights.

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