Brian Price

Who is Brian Price?

Brian Price has been the Canadian coxswain of the Men's Eight since 2001. He was born in Belleville, Ontario. Price began rowing on the National Team in 1998 after graduating from Seneca College with a Civil Engineering Technology diploma. The first national team crew that he made was the 1998 development lwt eight. He made the move to the heavyweight men's team in 1999 and competed at the Pan Am Games in Winnipeg.

Price has competed at World Championships in the Eight from 2001-2008, 2011 and has earned three World Championship victories along with a bronze medal most recently in 2011. He has doubled up in the Eight and Coxed Pair four times and medaled each time with a bronze. His Men's Eight gold medal victories came in 2002, 2003 and 2007. His four World Championship Coxed Pair Bronze medals came in 2003, 2006, 2007 & 2011. He also has multiple World Cup medals to his credit, 5 gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze.

Brian is a survivor of childhood cancer, leukemia ALL. He underwent chemotherapy and a harsh drug regime as a child which played havoc with his thyroid and stunted his growth. This left him smaller than he should have been but the perfect size for a coxswain standing at 5'4" tall and 121 lbs. His favorite saying is "Without having had cancer, I would not have become a World and Olympic Champion."