Hillary Janssens

{{Short description|Canadian rower (born 1994)}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Hillary Janssens

| image =

| nationality = Canadian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|7|21}}

| birth_place = Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

| height = 189 cm

| weight = 78 kg

| country = Canada

| sport = Rowing

| event = Pair, Four, Eight

| universityteam = UBC Thunderbirds

| club =

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Women's rowing}}

{{MedalCountry|{{CAN}}}}

{{MedalOlympics}}

{{MedalBronze | 2020 Tokyo | Coxless pair }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2019 Ottensheim|Coxless pair}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Plovdiv|Coxless pair}}

{{MedalSilver|2017 Sarasota|Eight (rowing)}}

{{MedalCompetition|U23 World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Rotterdam|Coxless pair}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Plovdiv|Coxless four}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Varese|Coxless four}}

}}

Hillary Janssens (born July 21, 1994 in Surrey, British Columbia) is a Canadian rower from Surrey, British Columbia.{{Cite web|title=Hillary Janssens|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/hillary-janssens/|access-date=2021-06-27|website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website|language=en-US}}

Hillary and her rowing partner Caileigh Filmer won a gold medal at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Bulgaria and a bronze medal at the 2019 World Rowing Championships.

[http://www.worldrowing.com/assets/pdfs/WCH_2019_1/ROWWNOCOX2------------FNL-000100--_C73.pdf 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships results]

Hillary began her rowing career at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in 2012. Achieving immediate success in the sport, Hillary joined the National Team in 2014. In 2016, she graduated from UBC with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. In her five years rowing for UBC, she was undefeated in the coxless pairs and set numerous school records for indoor rowing. Hillary currently resides in Victoria, British Columbia.

She represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web|last=Dheensaw|first=Cleve|title=Island family connections abound as Rowing Canada names Olympic team|url=https://www.timescolonist.com/sports/island-family-connections-abound-as-rowing-canada-names-olympic-team-1.24331066|access-date=2021-06-27|website=Times Colonist}}

She is the niece of NHL player, Mark Janssens.