Alison Korn

Alison Korn
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1996 AtlantaEight
Bronze medal – third place2000 SydneyEight
World Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place1997 AiguebeletteW2-
Gold medal – first place1998 CologneW2-
Silver medal – second place1997 AiguebeletteW8+
Bronze medal – third place1998 CologneW8+
Bronze medal – third place1999 St. CatharinesW8+

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

Early life

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

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

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. She also has five world championship medals, including back-to-back golds in 1997 and 1998. Korn retired from the sport in 2000.

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

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.

Education

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

Honours

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 DeLaire, Megan (27 October 2016). "Olympian Alison Korn attends her own street renaming in Nepean | OttawaCommunityNews.com". OttawaCommunityNews.com. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  2. 1 2 Girl Guides of Canada (2011). "Canadian Guider VOLUME 81, NO.3" (PDF). Girl Guides. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Rowing: Alison Korn". canoe.com.
  4. 1 2 3 "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.[permanent dead link]
  7. ↑ "Alison Korn - Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame". Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame. Retrieved 16 June 2017.