Leia Till
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| Nationality |  Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 30, 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Potomac, Maryland [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| College team | Virginia | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Leia Till (born June 30, 2001) is a national team rower representing Canada. She became a Pan American Games champion when she won gold in the women's eight at the 2023 Pan Am Games in Santiago.[2][1]
Collegiate Career
[edit]Till attended the University of Virginia. During her 3 year competitive career at UVA (2021–2023), she won 3 ACC Championships,[3][4][5] and was named a CRCA All- American all 3 years.[6][7][8]
International Career
[edit]In September 2023, Till was named to the Canadian Pan American Games Team,[9][10] in the Women's Four, Women's Eight and Mixed Eight events. She placed 4th in the Women's Four and Mixed Eight, and became the first-ever Pan American Games champion in the Women's Eight (2023 was the first time the Women's Eight had been contested at the Pan American Games).[11] Rowing at the 2023 Pan American Games. Till won her second International title in July 2024, when she helped Canada win the Town Challenge Cup in a Women's Four at the Henley Royal Regatta.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Leia Till profile". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
- ^ Doug Harrison (October 24, 2023). "Mac Neil matches Canadian mark with 4th Pan Am Games gold, tying U.S. swimmer in 50 m freestyle". CBC Sports.
- ^ "Virginia Claims 11th Consecutive ACC Rowing Championship". theacc.com. May 15, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
- ^ "Virginia Claims 2022 ACC Rowing Championship". theacc.com. May 14, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
- ^ "Virginia Claims 2023 ACC Rowing Championship". theacc.com. May 13, 2023. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
- ^ https://www.pocock.com/2021-pocock-all-america/
- ^ https://www.pocock.com/2022-pocock-all-america/
- ^ https://virginiasports.com/news/2023/07/13/kelly-and-till-earn-pocock-racing-shells-all-america-honors/
- ^ "Canada's Santiago 2023 rowing team announced". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- ^ "Canada's Santiago 2023 rowing team announced". Rowing Canada. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- ^ "Team Canada Golden at the Pan Am Games Regatta". Rowing Canada. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- ^ "Canadian Rowers Shine in Weekend of Dominant Racing". The Sport Information Resource Centre. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
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- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
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