Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski

Canadian rower (born 1991)

Born (1991-03-31) 31 March 1991 (age 34)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)

Weight78 kg (172 lb)

Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski

Personal information

Born

(1991-03-31) 31 March 1991 (age 34)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Height

177 cm (5 ft 10 in)

Weight

78 kg (172 lb)

Medal record

Women's rowing

Representing Canada
Olympic Games
	2020 Tokyo	Eight
	2024 Paris	Eight
World Championships
	2022 Račice	Eight

Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski (born March 31, 1991) is a Canadian rower.^[1]^[2] Gruchalla-Wesierski's hometown is Calgary, Alberta.^[1]

Gruchalla-Wesierski was originally an alpine skier, however a broken leg injury resulted in her switching to rowing. Gruchalla-Wesierski made her national team debut in 2018.^[1]

In 2019, Gruchalla-Wesierski was part of the eights boat, finishing in fourth at the World Championships and qualifying Canada the boat for the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[1]

In June 2021, Gruchalla-Wesierski was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team in the women's eights boat.^[3]^[4] At the Olympics, the boat won the gold medal, Canada's first in the event since 1992.^[5]^[6]

References

1 2 3 4 "Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
↑ "Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski". rowingcanada.org. Rowing Canada. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
↑ Nichols, Paula (15 June 2021). "Team Canada to have 29 rowers in 10 events at Tokyo 2020". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
↑ "Largest Canadian rowing team in 25 years nominated to represent Team Canada at Tokyo 2020". rowingcanada.org. Rowing Canada. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
↑ Nichols, Paula (29 July 2021). "Team Canada women's eight wins rowing gold at Tokyo 2020". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
↑ Smart, Zack (29 July 2021). "Canada's women's eight rowing crew captures Olympic gold for 1st time in 29 years". cbc.ca. CBC Sports. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

External links

Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski at World Rowing

Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski at FIS (alpine)

Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski at Olympics.com

Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski at Team Canada

Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski at Olympedia

Olympic champions – Women's eight

1976: Ahrenholz, Ebert, Goretzki, Kallies, Knetsch, Lehmann, Müller, Richter, Wilke (GDR)

1980: Boesler, Köpke, Kühn, Metze, Neisser, Richter, Sandig, Schütz, Wilke (GDR)

1984: Beard, Bower, Flanagan, Graves, Keeler, Metcalf, Norelius, O'Steen, Thorsness (USA)

1988: Balthasar, Haacker, Kluge, Neunast, Schröer, Stange, Strauch, Wild, Zeidler (GDR)

1992: Barnes, Crawford, Delehanty, Heddle, McBean, Monroe, Taylor, Thompson, Worthington (CAN)

1996: Cochela, Gafencu, Georgescu, Ignat, Lipă, Olteanu, Popescu, Spîrcu, Tănase (ROU)

2000: Cochela, Damian, Dumitrache, Gafencu, Georgescu, Ignat, Lipă, Olteanu, Susanu (ROU)

2004: Bărăscu, Damian, Florea, Gafencu, Georgescu, Ignat, Lipă, Papuc, Susanu (ROU)

2008: Cafaro, Shoop, Goodale, Logan, Cummins, Francia, Lind, Davies, Whipple (USA)

2012: Cafaro, Francia, Lofgren, Ritzel, Musnicki, Logan, Lind, Davies, Whipple (USA)

2016: Regan, Simmonds, Polk, Schmetterling, Gobbo, Musnicki, Logan, Elmore, Snyder (USA)

2020: Roman, Gruchalla-Wesierski, Roper, Proske, Grainger, Mailey, Payne, Wasteneys, Kit (CAN)

2024: Adam, Anghel, Bereș, Bodnar, Rusu, Lehaci, Vrînceanu, Radiș, Petreanu (ROU)

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