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Kathleen Heddle

1965 - 2021

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Kathleen Joan Heddle, (November 27, 1965 – January 11, 2021) was a Canadian Olympic rower. She and her long-time rowing partner Marnie McBean were the first Canadians to be awarded three Olympic gold medals at the Summer Games. They also won a silver in double sculls at the 1994 World Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Kathleen Heddle is the 3,337th most popular athlete (up from 3,822nd in 2024), the 991st most popular biography from Canada (up from 1,110th in 2019) and the 69th most popular Canadian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Kathleen Heddle ranks 3,337 out of 6,025Before her are Ineta Radēviča, Harald Czudaj, Markus Zimmermann, Kai Greene, Yuriy Borzakovskiy, and Churandy Martina. After her are Robert Leroux, Sylvie Becaert, Gerlinde Doberschütz, Chandra Cheeseborough, Ezekiel Kemboi, and Kerstin Förster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Kathleen Heddle ranks 902Before her are Marcel Beyer, Gerhard Himmel, Svetlana Nageykina, Alfonso Domínguez, Zhou Jihong, and Marcelo Ramírez. After her are Kerstin Förster, Harald Zwart, Roland Baar, Robert Pecl, Khalid Ismail, and Lilies Handayani. Among people deceased in 2021, Kathleen Heddle ranks 717Before her are Georgi Dimitrov, Jóhannes Eðvaldsson, Biz Markie, Bill Brock, Agnes Tirop, and Zhang Enhua. After her are Mort Sahl, Johnny Crawford, Alcee Hastings, Chris Anker Sørensen, Patrick John, and Angela Bailey.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Kathleen Heddle ranks 992 out of 1,622Before her are Eugenie Bouchard (1994), Anne Helm (1938), Tanya Tagaq (1975), Jill Hetherington (1964), Mark Leduc (1962), and Stan Rogers (1949). After her are Lance Storm (1969), Geoff Ryman (1951), Emily Perkins (1977), Mort Sahl (1927), Angelina Love (1981), and Cas Anvar (1966).

Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Kathleen Heddle ranks 69Before her are Chris Bumstead (1995), Mike Smith (1982), Dick Pound (1942), Theoren Fleury (1968), Lesley Thompson (1959), and Eric Lamaze (1968). After her are Michael Rascher (1965), John Wallace (1962), Jill Scott (null), Nathalie Lambert (1963), Shannon Crawford (1963), and Clara Hughes (1972).