Maria Maunder

{{Infobox sportsperson

|name=Maria Maunder

|national_team=Canada

|citizenship=Canadian

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1972|03|19}}

|birth_place=St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

|alma_mater=University of Western Ontario

|sport=Rowing

|retired=1999

|olympics=1996

|medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Women's rowing }}

{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}

|other_interests=Swimming|former_partner=Heather McDermid, Alison Korn, Jessica Monroe, Tosha Tsang, Emma Robinson, Anna van der Kamp, Theresa Luke, Lesley Thompson-Willie}}

Maria Maunder (born 19 March 1972, in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a Canadian rower. Maunder was a member of the Canadian national team that placed second in the 1996 Summer Olympics and earned a silver medal.

Early life and education

Maunder graduated from the preparatory school Ridley College in 1990 and matriculated to the University of Western Ontario.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lib.uwo.ca/archives/virtualexhibits/metrasmuseum/exhibits/show/olympians/westernolympians/|title=JP Metras Sports Museum|website=www.lib.uwo.ca|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-01}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ridleycollege.com/page/athletic-lives-of-distinction---m---z/m---r/maunder-maria-90---rowing|title=Ridley College {{!}} Maunder, Maria '90 – Rowing|website=www.ridleycollege.com|language=en|access-date=2018-07-01}}{{Cite news|url=https://issuu.com/ridleycommunications/docs/rowing_book_for_issuu_|title=50 Years of Ridley Rowing|work=Issuu|access-date=2018-07-01|language=en}} Though she went to the Olympics for rowing, she also swam, winning gold in the 50 and 200 meter free races under the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations during secondary school. At university, she participated in swimming and rowing. During that time, she also joined the university's chapter of the sorority Alpha Gamma Delta.{{Cite news|url=http://www.franbecque.com/2012/07/31/2012-olympics-the-power-of-national-panhellenic-conference-women/|title=2012 Olympics – The Power of National Panhellenic Conference Women! - Fraternity History & More|date=2012-07-31|work=Fraternity History & More|access-date=2018-07-01|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510185941/http://www.franbecque.com/2012/07/31/2012-olympics-the-power-of-national-panhellenic-conference-women/|archive-date=2018-05-10|url-status=dead}}

Career

Maunder competed in her first major international tournament in 1994 at the Commonwealth Rowing Championships in Thames Centre, Ontario, Canada. Her women's eight team placed seventh at that year's World Championships in Indianapolis, USA, while her coxless fours team placed eighth. In 1995, her eights team won sixth place at the Championships in Tampere, Finland, while her coxless pairs team finished fifth. During the 1996 Summer Olympics, her team came in second and won a silver medal. Her quadruple sculls team placed sixth at the 1997 World Championships in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France. In that year's Head of the Charles Regatta in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she placed first in the single scull event, as well as the singles and doubles for Canada's team at the Henley Royal Regatta in England. During the 1998 World Championships in Cologne, Germany, she finished eleventh in the double sculls. This race would be her last official competition, as she retired the following year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/maria-maunder-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418095737/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/maria-maunder-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Maria Maunder Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2018-07-01}}

Listed below are a selected number of her major races and the results:{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/7091/results/|title=Maria MAUNDER – worldrowing.com|website=www.worldrowing.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-01}}

class="wikitable"

!Event (year)

!Location

!Team

!Race

!Rank

!Final Time

1994 World Rowing Championships

|Indianapolis, USA

|Canada

|Women's eight

|6:11.57