Melanie Kok
 Kok holding her bronze medal for lightweight double sculls at the2008 Summer OlympicsinBeijing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Melanie Kok | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 4, 1983 Thunder Bay,Ontario,Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | St. Catharines,Ontario | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg/130 lb | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| College team | University of Virginia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ridley Graduate Boat Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Melanie Kok[pronounced "Cook" ] (born November 4, 1983, inThunder Bay,Ontario) is a Canadianrowerand neuroscientist. Kok won a bronze team medal in the Women's Lightweight Double Sculls at the2008 Summer OlympicswithTracy Cameron.
Biography
[edit]Kok earned a B.A. at theUniversity of VirginiainCharlottesville, Virginia,where she rowed as a varsity athlete for each of her four years as an undergraduate. Kok, a two-time team captain at UVa, earned All-American honours twice (2006, 2007). She was also named to the All-South Region and All-ACC teams. She went on to complete her master's degree in 2010 atMcMaster UniversityinHamilton, Ontarioin the MiNDS Graduate Neuroscience Program. Kok went on to complete her PhD in neuroscience at theSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistryat theUniversity of Western OntarioinLondon, Ontario.
International career
[edit]Kok is a five-time member of the Canadian National Rowing team. She has won twoWorld Rowing Championshipsmedals: a gold in Gifu, JAP (2005) in the Lightweight Quadruple Sculls withTracy Cameron,Mara JonesandElizabeth Urbach,and a bronze in Munich, GER (2007) in the Lightweight Single Sculls.
She has also won two World Cup medals: a gold in Poznan, POL, and a bronze in Lucerne, SUI, both in 2008.
Kok competed at the Beijing2008 Summer Olympicsin the Women's Lightweight Doubles withTracy Cameronand won a bronze team medal.[1]
Kok was named the City of St. Catharines Athlete of the Year in 2005, and in 2008, as a co-winner with Olympic wrestlerTonya Verbeek.
At the2011 Pan American Games,Kok won a silver team medal in the women's quadruple sculls.
References
[edit]- ^The Canadian Press (2008-08-18)."Double Bronze in Rowing".TSN.ca.Retrieved2008-08-18.
External links
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