Andrew Byrnes

Andrew Byrnes

Personal information
Full name	James Andrew Byrnes
Born	(1983-05-22) May 22, 1983 (age 41) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Rowing
Club	North Star Rowing Club
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  Canada Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Eight 2012 London Eight World Championships 2007 Oberschleißheim Eight 2009 Poznań Eight 2006 Dorney Coxed pair 2011 Bled Eight World U23 Championships 2005 Amsterdam Eight World Cup 2007 Lucerne Eight 2007 Ottensheim Eight 2008 Lucerne Eight

James Andrew Byrnes (born May 22, 1983) is a Canadian rower and Olympic gold medallist. He was born in Toronto, Ontario and raised in Ithaca, New York. Byrnes is a 2005 graduate of Bates College in Maine, where he crewed for the Bates Rowing Team and earned a master's degree in engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 2006.

He has won four World Rowing Championships medals: a bronze in 2006 in the men's coxed pair with Derek O'Farrell and Brian Price, and a gold in 2007, a silver in 2009, and a bronze in 2011, all in the men's eight.

He won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's eights with Ben Rutledge, Kyle Hamilton, Malcolm Howard, Adam Kreek, Kevin Light, Dominic Sieterle, Jake Wetzel and cox Brian Price.^[1]

He won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's eight. His teammates included Malcolm Howard and Brian Price, who he won gold with in 2008. The other six were Gabriel Bergen, Jeremiah Brown, Will Crothers, Douglas Csima, Robert Gibson and Conlin McCabe.^[2]

References

1. The Canadian Press (2008-08-18). "Gold in Men's Eight, Bronze in Women's Double, Men's Four". TSN.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
2. Sadler, Emily (2012-08-01). "Canadian Men's Eight Wins Olympic Silver". CTV Olympics. Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-08-01.

External links

• Profile at Rowing Canada at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-08-17)
• Andrew Byrnes at World Rowing
• Andrew Byrnes at Team Canada
• Andrew Byrnes at Olympics.com
• Andrew Byrnes at Olympedia (archive)