In the vast majority of circumstances, it’s hard to picture a bronze medal being one of Canada’s most memorable Olympic moments. In the case of Silken Laumann and the 1992 Barcelona Games, though, ...

Only weeks before the 1992 Olympics, a brutal rowing accident shattered Silken Laumann's right leg. Twenty-seven days and five operations later, she was back -- with a lacerated calf muscle, screws in ...

Silken Laumann’s parents and sister are speaking out in response to the Olympic rower’s memoir and its descriptions of a troubled childhood. “For the record, whether intentionally or not, many ‘facts’ ...

Four-time Olympian and former rowing world champion Silken Laumann told an audience of 500 at the Caboto Club Saturday night that she has battled mental illness in the past and that she will have to ...

She admits the national magazine cover floored her. The headline read: Olympian Silken Laumann’s Shocking Secret. “Shocking secret!” said Laumann, interviewed recently at home. She let out an ...

Silken Laumann knows what it's like to give your personal best in a burst of energy measured in a handful of minutes. She also knows what it's like to run against the clock. Weeks before her race at ...

Victoria-based Olympic rowing legend Silken Laumann knows firsthand the role technology can play in the lives of children with autism and is bringing attention to an app that helps build communication ...

Silken Laumann is known as a champion. After suffering a severe rowing injury in 1992, Laumann managed to win a bronze medal at the Olympics in Barcelona and then went onto win two more Olympic medals ...

Silken Laumann has spent more time on the water than the vast majority of British Columbians. But the triple-medal-winning rower at the Olympics had never witnessed anything like what she recently ...

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