Rachelle Viinberg
Rachelle Viinberg (* as Rachelle De Jong April 30, 1979 in Nanaimo ) is a Canadian rower.
The 1.83 meter tall Viinberg rows for the Victoria Vikes, the Sports Club of the University of Victoria, where she earned a degree in biology. Previously, she served on the Western Rowing Club in London and the Regina Rowing Club. Viinberg won her first World Cup medal in 2012 and its first Olympic medal in 2002. From 2005 to 2008 she was a Skull - rower active before and after the strap - rower. In the 2008 Olympics she won the Canadian sculls eighth. 2012 erruderte Viinberg with the roller in Munich their only World Cup victory.
By 2010, it launched under the name Rachelle De Jong.
Endkampfplatzierungen
(OS = Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup = )
- World Cup 2002: 2nd place in four without coxswain ( Roslyn McLeod, Rachelle De Jong, Darcy Marquardt, Pauline van Roessel )
- World Cup 2002: 6th place in the aft ( Roslyn McLeod, Katy Dunnet, Darcy Marquardt, Karen Clark, Jacqui Cook, Rachelle De Jong, Dorota Urbaniak, Pauline van Roessel and coxswain Sarah Pape )
- World Cup 2003: 4th place in four without coxswain ( Krista Stewart, Rachelle de Jong, Bonnie Fiala, Sabrina Kolker )
- World Cup 2007: 5th place in the quadruple sculls ( Rachelle de Jong, Janine Hanson, Krista Guloien, Anna- Marie De Zwager )
- World Cup 2010: 2nd place in the aft (Emma Darling, Cristy Nurse, Janine Hanson, Rachelle de Jong, Krista Guloien, Ashley Brzozowicz, Darcy Marquardt, Andre Anne Morin and coxswain Lesley Thompson)
- World Cup 2011: 2nd place in the aft ( Janine Hanson, Rachelle Viinberg, Natalie Mastracci, Cristy Nurse, Krista Guloien, Ashley Brzozowicz, Darcy Marquardt, Andre Morin and Lesley Anne Thompson)
- OS 2012: 2nd place in the aft ( Janine Hanson, Rachelle Viinberg, Krista Guloien, Lauren Wilkinson, Natalie Mastracci, Ashley Brzozowicz, Darcy Marquardt, Andre Morin and Lesley Anne Thompson)