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Grant-A-Week WINNER When Laryssa Biesenthal started rowing, she was told that she was too small to row. "You're too small, they said to me. 'You'll never make it.' I don't think that you can tell someone that. You never know what someone's going to do". The people who told Biesenthal that clearly didn't know what she was going to do. Today, she is representing Canada as a member of the women's eight crew, and will row at international regattas and the World Championships in St. Catharines, Ontario.
Biesenthal had never rowed until 1990 when she was attending the University of British Columbia. Since then, she has created a solid list of accomplishments for herself. 1998 was a successful year for Biesenthal. She placed second in the four at the World Championships, and third in the eight. At the World Cup that year, she also placed third in the eight. In international regattas, she came third in the eight at the English Royal Henley, first in the eight at the Holland Beker, and second in the eight at the Head of the Charles in Boston. In 1997, she came second in the eight at the World Championships at Aiguebelette, France, and first at the Head of the Charles. At the 1996 Olympic Games, she placed third in the women's quadruple sculls, and second in the double sculls at the World Championships. In 1995, Biesenthal placed first at the U.S. Championships, this time in the quadruple sculls. She also placed fourth in the double sculls. In 1994, she won gold in the women's eight at the U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis. That same year, she won silver in the quadruple sculls, and placed fourth in the pair at the Commonwealth Rowing Championships. While at the University of British Columbia, Biesenthal studied landscape architecture, and switched to interior design. After spending the winter working with a husband and wife interior design firm, and arranging the job around her training schedule, Biesenthal does not see herself returning to landscape architecture. Canadian National Rowing
Team Laryssa started rowing in 1990 at the University of British Columbia and rowed there for one summer and one varsity year. Then she trained at Burnaby Lake Rowing Club under Dick McLure from the fall of 1992 until spring of 1994.CAAWS, girls body image,where to play sports, girls self-esteem, girls soccer, girls cycling, girls and nutrition, nutrition for active girls, Canadian Association for women and sport, girls@play, snowboarding, skating, boarding, girl site, sports girl, extreme girl, mountain biking, skateboards, surfboards, X Games"> In 1994, she made the senior B team and went to US Nationals in Indianapolis where she won a gold medal in the 8+. At the Commonwealth Rowing Championships in 1994, she won a silver in the quad and was fourth in the 2- with Theresa Luke. Canadian National Rowing
Team Results-Laryssa Biesenthal World Championships
World Cup International
regattas Canadian Championships -
Canada Cup US Championships USA Speed Orders
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