Kerry Maher-Shaffer

Canadian rower (born 1984)

Born (1984-01-15) January 15, 1984 (age 41)
Welland, Ontario,^[1] Canada

Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)^[1]

Weight79 kg (174 lb)

Kerry Maher-Shaffer

Maher-Shaffer in 2015

Personal information

Born

(1984-01-15) January 15, 1984 (age 41)
Welland, Ontario,^[1] Canada

Height

179 cm (5 ft 10 in)^[1]

Weight

79 kg (174 lb)

Medal record

Women's Rowing

Representing Canada
Pan American Games
	2015 Toronto	Quadruple Sculls
	2015 Toronto	Double Sculls

Kerry Maher-Shaffer (born January 15, 1984) is a Canadian rower.^[1]

Maher-Shaffer won the singles sculls event at the Canadian Championships in 2010.^[2] Maher-Shaffer competed at three World Rowing Championships, finishing 13th in 2011 in the women's double sculls, fifth in the women's fours in 2014 and finally sixth in 2016 in the women's fours.^[1]

At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada (the rowing competitions were held in St. Catharines), Maher-Shaffer won two gold medals in the quadruple sculls and double sculls events.^[3]

References

1 2 3 4 "Kerry Maher-Shaffer". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. June 21, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
↑ "Rower Shaffer golden at Canadian championships". www.cbc.ca/. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). September 26, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
↑ Gillespie, Kerry (July 15, 2015). "Canadian rower's escape from the sport leads to two Pan Am gold". Toronto Star. Retrieved January 2, 2022.

Pan American Games Rowing Champions in Women's Double Sculls

1983: Anne Marden & Monica Havelka (USA)
1987: Martha García & Ana Gamble (MEX)
1991: Garcia & Lopez (MEX)
1995: Marnie McBean & Diane O'Grady (CAN)
1999: Laryssa Biesenthal & Jenn Browett (CAN)
2003: Marilyn Taylor & Stacey Norwood (CAN)
2007: Sarah Trowbridge & Margaret Matia (USA)
2011: Yariulvis Cobas & Aimee Hernandez (CUB)
2015: Kerry Maher-Shaffer & Antje von Seydlitz (CAN)
2019: Yariulvis Cobas & Aimeé Hernández (CUB)
2023: Madeleine Focht & Veronica Nicacio (USA)

v t e Pan American Games Rowing Champions in Women's Quadruple Sculls
1991: Carpenter, Kimmel, Knox, Tietjen (USA) 1995: Laumann, Wiebe, O'Grady, McBean (CAN) 2007: Maurer, Hoskins, Hyslop, McCarty (CAN) 2011: Abalo, Best, Kraljev, Rohner (ARG) 2015: Goodfellow, Maher-Shaffer, Zeeman, von Seydlitz (CAN) 2019: M. Abraham, A. Abraham, Jadué, Niemeyer (CHI) 2023: Joyce, Nicacio, Focht, Horvat (USA)

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