Canadian Expat Marc Daemen Sets record at International Rowing Regatta

Congratulations to Canadian Expat member Marc Daemen who recently won a rowing event at the Head of the Charles (HOCR), the world's largest 2-day regatta in Boston, Massachusetts. Unlike Olympic, World Championship and National Championship regatta distances (2000 meters), the HOCR is a 3-mile "head" race where boats race against the clock single file on the river each starting at 10 second intervals in each event. The HOCR has 55 events and approximately 9000 competitors ranging in age from 14 to 85. It is the premier Fall regatta with international entries from 28 countries including the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and several European nations. Participants include 60 Olympians from the London Games. Near 2000 boats raced the course.

 Marc was born in Montréal in 1956 and lived there until being recruited by the Baltimore firm Gaudreau, Inc. in 1998. A graduate of McGill (School of Architecture), Marc's worked for a number of firms in Montréal as well as the CBC.

In the past, he was a downhill ski instructor in the Laurentians for 19 years, ran 10 marathons (8 times Montréal) and completed 4 triathlons. He started rowing at the Olympic Basin in 1983 and has raced in numerous National Championship (US and Canada, Open and Masters), FISA World Masters regattas, and The Royal Canadian Henley. In 2012 alone, in August, he won 2 gold and 2 bronze medals at the US Masters Championships and 2 Gold and a Silver at the Canadian Masters Championships.