Patricia Obee
Canadian rower
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Patricia Obee (born October 31, 1991) is a Canadian rower from Victoria, British Columbia. Obee won a silver at the 2016 Olympics, 2011 World Rowing Championships and 2014 World Rowing Championships in the lightweight women's double sculls.[1]
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| Nationality | Canadian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 31, 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Victoria City Rowing Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Obee teamed up with Lindsay Jennerich in the women's lightweight double sculls in 2011, after Jennerich's previous teammate, Tracy Cameron, was injured.[2] Before this, Obee had won a medal in the single lightweight scull event at the 2011 under 23 World Championship, having made her international debut in 2010 after starting to row in high school.[2]
Together Obee and Jennerich won silver at the 2011 World Rowing Championships.[3] The team competed in the lightweight double sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing in 7th place.[2][4][5] After the Olympics, she started a degree in anthropology at the University of Washington.[2]
Obee briefly returned to the lightweight single scull in 2013, before reteaming with Jennerich in the lightweight double scull.[2] The team went on to win silver at the 2014 World Championships.[3] At the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, Obee won a silver medal in the lightweight doubles, also with Lindsay Jennerich.[6]
