Edward Winchester

{{Short description|Canadian rower (1970–2020)}}

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| birth_name = Edward Vincent Winchester

| birth_date = {{birth date|1970|12|16}}

| birth_place = Saint John, New Brunswick

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|4|22|1970|12|16}}

| death_place = Hanover, New Hampshire

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| sport = Rowing

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{{MedalSport|Men's rowing}}

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{{MedalCompetition | World Rowing Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2000 Zagreb | Lwt coxless pair}}

{{MedalBronze | 1996 Motherwell | Lwt eight }}

{{MedalBronze | 1997 Aiguebelette | Lwt eight }}

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Edward Vincent Winchester (December 16, 1970 – April 22, 2020){{cite news |title=Edward Vincent Winchester 1970 – 2020 |url=https://www.rowingnews.com/2020/04/22/edward-vincent-winchester-1970-2020/ |accessdate=22 April 2020 |work=Rowing News |date=22 April 2020}} was a Canadian lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 2000 World Rowing Championships in Zagreb with Ben Storey in the lightweight men's coxless pair.{{cite web |title= Edward Winchester |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/11959/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |accessdate=November 25, 2017}}

On April 22, 2020, Winchester died at the age of 49 years old after suffering a heart attack while training on a rowing machine in his basement.{{cite news |last1=Cave |first1=Rachel |title='Super tenacious' N.B. rower Ed Winchester suffers fatal heart attack while training |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/ed-winchester-champion-rower-died-1.5542959 |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=CBC News |date=23 April 2020}}