Jane Thornton
{{short description|Canadian rower}}
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| birth_place = Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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| universityteam = University of Western Ontario
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| club = Fredericton Rowing Club, Don Rowing Club of Mississauga, Western Rowing Club
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{{MedalSport | Women's rowing }}
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{{MedalCompetition | World Rowing Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 2006 Eton, UK | Coxless Pairs (W2-) }}
{{Medal|Competition|Commonwealth Rowing Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold| 2002 Nottingham, UK |Single Sculls (W1x)}}
{{Medal|Gold| 2002 Nottingham, UK |Quadruple sculls (W4x)}}
{{Medal|Competition|World University Rowing Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold| 2002 Nottingham, UK |Double Sculls (W2x)}}
{{Medal|Silver| 2002 Nottingham, UK |Single Sculls (W1x)}}
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Jane S. Thornton (born 9 July 1978) is a Canadian sport medicine physician,{{cite web |url=https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/familymedicine/research/csfm/people/bios/thornton_Jane.html |website=bios, Thornton, Jane |publisher=Western University |access-date=29 May 2021 |title=Jane Thornton, MD, PHD, CCFP (SEM), Dip. Sport Physician (IOC) |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602212421/https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/familymedicine/research/csfm/people/bios/thornton_Jane.html |url-status=dead }} associate professor,{{Cite web |title=Jane Thornton, MD, PhD, CCFP (SEM), Dip. Sport Physician (IOC) |url=https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/familymedicine/research/csfm//people/faculty/thornton_Jane.html |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=www.schulich.uwo.ca |language=en}} World Champion and Olympic rower, and international advocate for physical activity. She serves as the director of the Health, Medicine and Science Department for the International Olympic Committee. Thornton is also president of the Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine{{Cite web |title=Board of Directors / Past Presidents {{!}} CASEM – ACMSE |url=https://www.casem-acmse.org/about/governance/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |language=en-US}} and holds the Canada Research Chair in Injury Prevention and Physical Activity for Health at the University of Western Ontario.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/media-medias/lists-listes/2021/june-juin-eng.aspx|title = Canada Research Chairs|date = 29 November 2012}} She was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.{{Cite news|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/jane-thornton/|title=Jane Thornton|date=19 September 2011|work=Official Canadian Olympic Team Website {{!}} Team Canada {{!}} 2016 Olympic Games|access-date=9 April 2017|language=en-US}}
She was a member of Canada's National team for over a decade, winning a gold medal at the 2006 World Rowing Championships in the women's coxless pairs with Darcy Marquardt.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2006-world-championships/womens-pair/final/|title=(W2-) Women's Pair – Final|website=worldrowing.com|language=en-US|access-date=9 April 2017}} Although Thornton and Marquardt qualified in that event for the Olympics at the 2007 World Rowing Championships, their teammates in the Canadian women's eights failed to quality.{{Cite web |title=World Rowing - 2007 World Rowing Championships - Oberschleissheim/Munich, Germany |url=https://worldrowing.com/event/2007-world-rowing-championships-oberschleissheim-munich-germany/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=World Rowing |language=en}} Thornton and Marquardt were then moved into the women's eights where, sitting in stroke pair, they earned that crew's Olympic berth in the final Olympic qualification event in June 2008, just two months before the Games.{{Cite web |title=Three More Canadian Crews Added to Qualified Olympic Roster for Rowing |url=https://www.row2k.com/news/6-19-2008/three-more-canadian-crews-added-to-qualified-olympic-roster-for-rowing/38579/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=row2k.com |language=en}}
Thornton earned a BSc, MSc and Ph.D. in kinesiology and sport medicine from the University of Western Ontario before attending medical school at the University of Toronto. She is a licensed sport and exercise medicine physician.
International rowing
From 2001 to 2011, Thornton competed as a member of Canada's National Rowing Team.
One of her chief accomplishments during this time was an undefeated international season in the Women's Pair with partner Darcy Marquardt that culminated in victory at the 2006 World Rowing Championships at Eton-Dorney, UK. The duo qualified the Women's Pair for the Beijing 2008 Olympics at the 2007 World Rowing Championships.
In the spring of 2008, Thornton was assigned to stroke the Women's Eight at the final Olympic qualification regatta where the crew secured a berth for the Games. That crew including Ashley Brzozowicz, Darcy Marquardt, Buffy-Lynne Williams, Sarah Bonikowsky, Romina Stefancic, Andréanne Morin, Heather Mandoli and cox Lesley Thompson-Willie went on to come fourth in Beijing by the narrowest of margins (just 0.82 seconds separated 2nd place from 4th).{{Cite web |title=World Rowing - 2008 Olympic Games - Shunyi-Beijing,China |url=https://worldrowing.com/event/2008-olympic-games-shunyi-beijing-china/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=World Rowing |language=en}}
Other notable accomplishments representing Canada during this period include three Canadian National Championship titles in the Women's Pair, three World Cup podium performances in the Women's Pair and Eight, Commonwealth Rowing Championship wins in the Women's Single and Qruple Sculls and gold at the World University Rowing Championships in the Women's Single and Double Sculls.{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/16697/thornton-jane |title=Jane Thornton |website=worldrowing.com |language=en-US |access-date=9 April 2017 | publisher=International Rowing Federation}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.row2k.com/news/8-25-2002/Canada-Wins-Big-at-the-World-University-Rowing-Championships/6303/|title=Canada Wins Big at the World University Rowing Championships|website=row2k.com|language=en-US|access-date=9 April 2017|date=25 August 2002}}
In 2006 Thornton and Marquardt were Canadian Sports Awards finalist in the "Partners of the Year" category.{{Cite news|url=http://truesportpur.ca/news/true-sport-foundation-announces-finalists-34th-annual-canadian-sport-awards-0|title=The True Sport Foundation Announces Finalists For the 34th Annual Canadian Sport Awards|last=Anonymous|date=22 January 2013|work=True Sport|access-date=9 April 2017|language=en|url-access=limited}} In 2007, Canadian Living Magazine placed Thornton 7th on their ranking of "Canada's Top 10 Female Athletes", a list that included a who's who of Canadian women in elite sport: 1-Marie-France Dubreuil (Ice Dancing); 2-Blythe Hartley (Diving); 3-Hayley Wickenheiser (Ice Hockey); 4-Clara Hughes (Speed Skating); Sara Renner (Cross-Country Skiing); 6-Christine Sinclair (Soccer); 8-Kelly Scott (Curling); Jeane Lassen (Weightlifting); 10-Lorie-Kane (Golf).{{Cite web |date=2007-10-17 |title=Canada's top 10 female athletes |magazine=Canadian Living |url=https://www.canadianliving.com/health/fitness/article/canadaas-top-10-female-athletes |access-date=2024-11-03}}
Thornton was named Honorary Team Captain for Team New Brunswick at the 2009 Canada Summer Games.{{Cite web|url=https://www1.gnb.ca/cnb/multimedia/display-e.asp?ID=2006&num=3|title=Canada Games – Team NB Rally|website=gnb.ca|access-date=9 April 2017}} In 2010, she was further honoured as a torchbearer in the Olympic Torch Relay during the lead up to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.{{Cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/2009/11/13/vancouver-2010-olympic-torch-relay-features-canadian-olympians/|title=Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay Features Canadian Olympians|last=The Canadian Olympic Committee|date=13 November 2009|website=Official Canadian Olympic Team Website {{!}} Team Canada {{!}} 2016 Olympic Games|access-date=9 April 2017}}
Rowing Canada has recognised Thornton with three separate awards: the Rowing Canada Aviron Award of Merit (the highest award conferred by Rowing Canada) "in recognition of exceptional service to rowing as a competitive athlete"; the Rowing Canada Aviron Centennial Medal for outstanding contribution to Canadian rowing; and the Rowing Canada Aviron International Achievement Award.{{Cite web|url=https://www.utoronto.ca/news/alumna-and-world-champion-rower-volunteer-pan-am-and-parapan-am-games|title=Alumna and world champion rower to volunteer at Pan Am and Parapan Am Games|website=University of Toronto News|language=en|access-date=9 April 2017|date=5 August 2014|last=Jelena Damjanovic}}
Social responsibility
In 2015, Thornton was awarded the AthletesCAN Athlete Social Responsibility Award for her efforts to provide mentorship, inspiration and leadership to developing athletes within Canada's rowing community as well as her contributions to push forward the promotion and recognition of athlete social responsibility internationally.{{Cite web|url=http://rowingcanada.org/news-events/news/former-national-team-rower-jane-thornton-receives-2015-athletescan-social|title=Former National Team Rower, Jane Thornton, Receives 2015 AthletesCAN Social Responsibility Award|website=rowingcanada.org|language=en|access-date=9 April 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930221050/http://rowingcanada.org/news-events/news/former-national-team-rower-jane-thornton-receives-2015-athletescan-social|archive-date=2015-09-30}}
Thornton has additionally been involved as an Athlete Ambassador at Right to Play Canada, in which capacity she travelled to Uganda in 2009.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportanddev.org/en/user/jane-thornton|title=Jane Thornton|website=sportanddev.org|access-date=9 April 2017}}
International experience
During the course of her education and athletic pursuits, Thornton sought out many international experiences to complement her research, including further medical training in six different countries.
She has developed educational resources and medical curricula in Switzerland, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, and Canada and lectures on the topic internationally.{{Cite news|url=http://www.demandaplan.ca/prescribing_physical_activity_can_go_a_long_way_in_preventing_chronic_disease|title=Prescribing physical activity can go a long way in preventing chronic disease|work=Canadian Medical Association|access-date=9 April 2017|language=en|date=March 24, 2016}}
Selected publications
Thornton has contributed to a number of publications in leading medical journals including the following:
- {{cite journal|last1=Thornton|first1=Jane S|last2=Frémont|first2=Pierre|last3=Khan|first3=Karim|last4=Poirier|first4=Paul|last5=Fowles|first5=Jonathon|last6=Wells|first6=Greg D|last7=Frankovich|first7=Renata J|title=Physical activity prescription: a critical opportunity to address a modifiable risk factor for the prevention and management of chronic disease: a position statement by the Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine: Table 1|journal=British Journal of Sports Medicine|volume=50|issue=18|year=2016|pages=1109–1114|issn=0306-3674|doi=10.1136/bjsports-2016-096291|pmid=27335208|url=http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/50/18/1109.full.pdf|doi-access=free}}
- {{cite journal|last1=Thornton|first1=Jane S.|last2=Vinther|first2=Anders|last3=Wilson|first3=Fiona|last4=Lebrun|first4=Constance M.|last5=Wilkinson|first5=Mike|last6=Di Ciacca|first6=Stephen R.|last7=Orlando|first7=Karen|last8=Smoljanovic|first8=Tomislav|title=Rowing Injuries: An Updated Review|journal=Sports Medicine|volume=47|issue=4|year=2016|pages=641–661|issn=0112-1642|doi=10.1007/s40279-016-0613-y|pmid=27577685|s2cid=6595422 }}
- {{Cite journal|last1=Gates|first1=Ann B|last2=Kerry|first2=Roger|last3=Moffatt|first3=Fiona|last4=Ritchie|first4=Ian K|last5=Meakins|first5=Adam|last6=Thornton|first6=Jane S|last7=Rosenbaum|first7=Simon|last8=Taylor|first8=Alan|title=Movement for movement: exercise as everybody's business?|journal=British Journal of Sports Medicine|volume=51|issue=10|year=2017|pages=767–768|issn=0306-3674|doi=10.1136/bjsports-2016-096857|pmid=27797742|s2cid=206882372 }}
References
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External links
- {{World Rowing}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081011222633/http://www.rowingcanada.org/national_team/bios/hwt_women_08/ Jane Thornton] at Rowing Canada (archived)
- {{Team Canada|jane-thornton}}
- {{Olympics.com profile}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- [http://www.fowlerkennedy.com/staff/jane-thornton/ Bio page Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic]
- [https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/familymedicine/research/csfm/people/bios/thornton_Jane.html Bio page Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602212421/https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/familymedicine/research/csfm/people/bios/thornton_Jane.html |date=2 June 2021 }}
- [http://www.demandaplan.ca/prescribing_physical_activity_can_go_a_long_way_in_preventing_chronic_disease Canadian Medical Association: Demand A Plan]
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Category:University of Toronto alumni
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