Gabrielle Smith (born October 24, 1994) is a Canadian

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

from Unionville, Ontario.

Career

At the

2019 World Rowing Championships The 2019 World Rowing Championships were held in Ottensheim, Austria from 25 August to 1 September 2019. Apart from Ottensheim, the right to host the championships was contested by Hamburg in Germany, Račice (Litoměřice District), Račice in ...

, Smith along with partner

Andrea Proske Andrea Proske (born June 27, 1986) is a Canadian rower. Career In 2018 and 2019, Proske competed with Gabrielle Smith in the double sculls boat at the World Rowing Championships. In 2018, they finished in sixth and in 2019 fourth, and qualifying ...

finished fourth in the women's double sculls, qualifying the boat for the

2020 Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

. Smith took part in the 2021 edition of The Boat Race as a member of the Oxford crew. She completed a MSc in Water Science, Policy and Management at Oxford, having previously studied at

McGill University McGill University (French: Université McGill) is an English-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill University, Vol. I. For the Advancement of Learning, ...

. In June 2021, Smith was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team in the women's double sculls with partner

Jessica Sevick Jessica Sevick (born July 15, 1989) is an Olympian and National Team Rower from Canada. Sevick was the Pan American Games Champion when she won gold in women's single sculls at the 2019 Pan Am Games in Lima. She studied neuroscience at the Unive ...

, her partner from 2019, was instead named to the eights boat.

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* 1994 births Canadian female rowers Living people Rowers from Toronto Olympic rowers for Canada Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics McGill University alumni Alumni of Regent's Park College, Oxford 21st-century Canadian sportswomen World Rowing Championships medalists for Canada {{Canada-rowing-bio-stub