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Jaclyn Stelmaszyk

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Jaclyn Stelmaszyk
Stelmaszyk in 2020
Personal information
Birth nameJaclyn Halko
Nationality Canada  Poland
Born (1986-12-16) December 16, 1986 (age 37)
Toronto, Ontario
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
College teamUniversity of Western Ontario[1]
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Poland
World Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Plovdiv LW4x
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima LW2x

Jaclyn Stelmaszyk (née Halko; born December 16, 1986) is a world champion Polish Canadian rower. She won gold in the lightweight women's quad sculls at the 2012 World Rowing Championships as a competitor for Poland. Stelmaszyk returned to the Canadian team and is the reigning Pan American Games Champion, winning gold in the lightweight women's double sculls with Kate Haber at the 2019 Pan Am Games in Lima. In December 2019 Jaclyn was granted an exemption to the three year rule by the Olympic executive board to change nationalities from Canada to Poland. She immediately began training with the Polish Rowing Federation (PZTW) in hopes of qualifying a lightweight double boat for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Jaclyn Halko profile". Western Mustangs. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  2. ^ "Canadian women's water polo team locks up Tokyo Olympic berth". CBC Sports. Canadian Press. August 9, 2019.