Trevor Jones (born October 1, 1997) is a Canadian

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. He was born in

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and his hometown was Lakefield, Ontario. Jones is a two time World U23 champion in the single sculls event.

Career

Jones won the single sculls at the

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and

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. He missed competing at the 2019 version due to injury. At the

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, Jones finished in 14th place with Matt Buie in the double sculls, after training with his partner for only a month. After the Worlds, Rowing Canada re-evaluated the crews racing and decided to move Jones back to the single sculls boat. In May 2021, Jones qualified the singles sculls boat for Canada's 2020 Olympic team, by finishing second at the 2021 FISA Final Qualification Regatta in

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* * * 1997 births Living people Canadian male rowers Olympic rowers for Canada Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-rowing-bio-stub