Tears fill Jennifer WalingaB次元官网网址檚 eyes as she holds her gift of a gold medal.

Moments earlier standing at the Esquimalt Lagoon, Walinga beamed with excitement recapping her life as a rower for Team Canada.

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Walinga and teammates Kirsten Barnes, Brenda Taylor and Jessica Monroe-Gonin met in 1988 and formed the team in 1990.

Walinga held the stroke position in both the fours and eights coxless teams.

B次元官网网址淚 sat at the stern and set the pace and the rhythm for the team,B次元官网网址� she explained.

In 1991 WalingaB次元官网网址檚 teams won both events at the World Rowing Championships in Vienna where they set a world record unbroken for the next 20 years.

B次元官网网址淚 canB次元官网网址檛 remember the time, but it was bloody fast,B次元官网网址� she said with a laugh.

During the world championships Walinga pushed through back troubles to compete, causing permanent injury.

B次元官网网址淚 raced when I shouldnB次元官网网址檛 have, I didnB次元官网网址檛 understand how much damage I could do,B次元官网网址� Walinga said.

Spare rower Kay Worthington replaced her at the Olympics and Walinga watched from the sidelines as her team dominated and won both events.

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A month after the Games, the athletes were reunited for rower Andy CrosbyB次元官网网址檚 wedding.

B次元官网网址淏renda (Taylor) came to me and said B次元官网网址業 got something for you.B次元官网网址� I thought it was shampoo I left in the room or something like a shirt,B次元官网网址� recalled Walinga. Instead, her teammate handed her one of the two gold medals she had been awarded.

Walinga declined but Taylor wouldnB次元官网网址檛 take no for an answer insisting Walinga had earned it too.

B次元官网网址淎t the Olympics for curling or basketball, everyone on the team gets a medal, but not for rowing. Only the people in the boat get one,B次元官网网址� said Walinga, wiping tears from her eyes.

Walinga and her teammates, all of whom still live on the West Coast, will be inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame for the 1992 womenB次元官网网址檚 Olympic gold medal coxless four rowing team at a ceremony in Toronto on June 7.

Walinga, who lives in Cadboro Bay, will also be inducted into the Hall of Fame in her hometown of Peterborough, Ontario, Oct. 16. She plans to attend both events.