Sarah Bonikowsky (born August 23, 1982) is a Canadian

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is di ...

. She was born in Orangeville,

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...

and graduated from the

University of Victoria The University of Victoria (UVic or Victoria) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay and Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. The university traces its roots to Victoria College, the first post-secondary insti ...

with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in philosophy with a minor in Greek and Roman studies. She finished in fourth place at the

2008 Summer Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

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, China in the women's eights with

Ashley Brzozowicz Ashley Brzozowicz (born December 17, 1982) is a Canadian rower. She was raised in London, Ontario. Her rowing career began as a sophomore at St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago. She graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts degr ...

, Darcy Marquardt,

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 b ...

Jane Thornton Jane S. Thornton is a Canadian Clinician Scientist, Olympic rower and international advocate for physical activity. She is the Canada Research Chair in Injury Prevention and Physical Activity for Health at the University of Western Ontario. Sh ...

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 i ...

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-Lyn ...

and cox

Lesley Thompson Lesley Allison Thompson-Willie (born September 20, 1959) is a Canadian rowing coxswain and Olympic champion. Between 1984 and 2016, she has competed at eight Olympic Games, a record for a rower, winning medals in five of them including gold in ...

-Willie.

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