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}} Rachelle Viinberg (née De Jong, born April 30, 1979) is a retired Canadian Olympic rower and naturopathic doctor who currently resides in Toronto, Ontario.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.rowingone.com/n_bio_rower.fwx?no_id=16582 )〕 She was a member of the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Canadian Olympic Rowing teams. In 2012 she won her first Olympic medal in the Women’s Eight, where they were second to Team USA by 1.4 seconds. ==Early life== Viinberg was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, located on Vancouver Island. She has an older brother named Simon. Her mother, June de Jong (née Mayhew) is an actress. Her father, Hielke de Jong, who died Dec. 7, 2009, was a retired government employee. Viinberg’s ancestry includes Dutch, English, and Ukrainian. At the age of eight, Viinberg and her family moved to Regina, Saskatchewan. She attended Argyle Elementary school and graduated from Sheldon Williams Collegiate in 1997. Viinberg wasn’t always a rower. From the moment she saw Calgary Olympian Mark Tewksbury win the 100-metre backstroke at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, she aspired to be a swimmer. Once adolescence hit at 13, however, Viinberg underwent a massive growth spurt, preventing her from pursuing the sport much further. Ultimately, it was Viinberg’s parents who introduced her to rowing. “They helped me discover rowing after seeing all the rowers train every morning on Wascana Lake when they drove to work. I thought I had nothing to lose, and my 6’0 frame seemed to be the ideal body type,” said Viinberg.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Metro News )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rachelle Viinberg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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