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Jennifer Walinga

Jennifer Walinga (aka Doey, born January 9, 1965) is a retired rower who competed between the 1980s to 1990s. As a member of the national rowing team for Canada, Walinga placed 4th at the 1983 Junior World Championships in Vichy, France, 2nd at the 1984 U23 Sr B World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, and 5th at the 1985 World Rowing Championships in Hazewinkel, Belgium. In coxed four events, Walinga won gold at the 1986 Commonwealth Games and bronze at the 1986 World Rowing Championships. At the 1987 World Championships, the team placed 5th in Copenhagen, Denmark. She and her crew of Tricia Smith, Heather Clarke, and Jane Tregunno (Stamp) had a seventh place finish in the coxed four at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

During the 1990s, Walinga placed 2nd at the World Universiade in Duisburg, Germany and 4th in the women's coxless pair at Lake Barrington, Tasmania 1990 World Championships. She and her team then won gold in the coxed four and eight events at the 1991 World Rowing Championships. She retired from competing before she was supposed to compete at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Outside of rowing, Walinga began teaching at St. Michaels University School in 1992 before expanding her career to Royal Roads University in 2000. Walinga was inducted into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Canadian Rowing Hall of Fame in 2017. In 2024, she was inducted into the Brock University Hall of Fame. Provided by Wikipedia