Alison Korn

Alison Korn (born 22 November 1970 in Ottawa, Ontario) was a Canadian rower and Olympian.

Alison Korn
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta Eight
2000 Sydney Eight
World Rowing Championships
1997 Aiguebelette W2-
1998 Cologne W2-
1997 Aiguebelette W8+
1998 Cologne W8+
1999 St. Catharines W8+

Early life

Korn was raised in Nepean, Ontario. She attended Bells Corners Public School, D.A. Moodie Intermediate School and Bell High School[1]

Korn was a member of Girl Guides of Canada as a child and attended Girl Guides Ontario's Camp Woolsey.[2]

Career

Korn started rowing when she was 21. As a member of the Canadian national rowing team, she won silver and bronze medals at the 1996 and 2000 summer Olympics, respectively.[3][1] She also has five world championship medals, including back-to-back golds in 1997 and 1998.[4] Korn retired from the sport in 2000.[4]

Korn has continued her involvement in Girl Guides of Canada as an adult volunteer.[2]

Polar Trek

Korn was a member of an all-women's ski trek to the North Pole in 2001, which she chronicled for the Ottawa Citizen.[5]

Education

Korn studied political science at McGill University,[6] and earned her Masters in Journalism from Carleton University.[4]

Honours

In 2016 Korn had a street named after her in Nepean, Ontario.[1] She was inducted into the Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame in 2002.[7]

References
  • Alison Korn at FISA WorldRowing.com
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alison Korn". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  1. DeLaire, Megan (27 October 2016). "Olympian Alison Korn attends her own street renaming in Nepean | OttawaCommunityNews.com". OttawaCommunityNews.com. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  2. Girl Guides of Canada (2011). "Canadian Guider VOLUME 81, NO.3" (PDF). Girl Guides. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  3. "Rowing: Alison Korn". www.canoe.ca. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  4. "Korn, Alison". alumni.carleton.ca. Archived from the original on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  5. "Polar Trek Middle School Lessons - People and Culture". www.newslinkassociates.com. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  6. "Alison Korn: CIS alumnus, olympic rower and successful journalist". goravens.ca. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  7. "Alison Korn - Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame". Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame. Retrieved 16 June 2017.


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