Alison Korn

Korn was raised in Nepean, Ontario. She attended Bells Corners Public School, D.A. Moodie Intermediate School and Bell High School

Korn was a member of Girl Guides of Canada as a child and attended Girl Guides Ontario's [http://www.girlguides.ca/web/ON/Camping/ON/Camping/Summer/Camp_Woolsey.aspx Camp Woolsey].{{Cite web|url=http://girlguides.ca/web/uploads/File/newsletters/canadian_guider/issues/cg-fall-2011.pdf|title=Canadian Guider VOLUME 81, NO.3|last=Girl Guides of Canada|date=2011|website=Girl Guides|accessdate=5 March 2019}}

Korn started rowing when she was 21. As a member of the Canadian national rowing team, she won silver and bronze medals at the 1996 and 2000 summer Olympics, respectively.{{Cite news|title=Rowing: Alison Korn|website=www.canoe.ca}}{{cite web|last1=DeLaire|first1=Megan|title=Olympian Alison Korn attends her own street renaming in Nepean {{!}} OttawaCommunityNews.com|url=https://www.ottawacommunitynews.com/news-story/6933388-olympian-alison-korn-attends-her-own-street-renaming-in-nepean/|website=OttawaCommunityNews.com|accessdate=16 June 2017|language=en-CA|date=27 October 2016|archive-date=28 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228132212/https://ottawacitizen.com/?origin=ottawacommunitynews|url-status=dead}} She also has five world championship medals, including back-to-back golds in 1997 and 1998.{{cite web|title=Korn, Alison|url=https://alumni.carleton.ca/grads/korn-alison/|website=alumni.carleton.ca|accessdate=16 June 2017|language=EN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608225359/http://alumni.carleton.ca/grads/korn-alison/|archive-date=8 June 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} Korn retired from the sport in 2000.

Korn has continued her involvement in Girl Guides of Canada as an adult volunteer.

Korn was a member of an all-women's ski trek to the North Pole in 2001, which she chronicled for the Ottawa Citizen.{{cite web|title=Polar Trek Middle School Lessons - People and Culture|url=http://www.newslinkassociates.com/polartrek/curric/people/korn.html|website=www.newslinkassociates.com|accessdate=16 June 2017}}

Korn studied political science at McGill University,{{cite web|title=Alison Korn: CIS alumnus, olympic rower and successful journalist|url=https://goravens.ca/news/go-ravens-news/2011/10/cis-50th-anniversary-success-stories-alison-korn-cis-alumnus-olympic-rower-and-successful-journalist/|website=goravens.ca|accessdate=16 June 2017}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and earned her Masters in Journalism from Carleton University.

In 2016 Korn had a street named after her in Nepean, Ontario. She was inducted into the Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame in 2002.{{cite web|title=Alison Korn - Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame|url=http://ottawasporthalloffame.ca/inductees/alison-korn/|website=Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame|accessdate=16 June 2017}}

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Category:1970 births

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Category:Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Category:Olympic silver medalists for Canada

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