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Darcy Marquardt

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Darcy Marquardt
Personal information
Born (1979-05-22) May 22, 1979 (age 45)
Vancouver, British Columbia
Alma materUniversity of Victoria
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Canada
Summer Olympics
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Women's eight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Eton Coxless pairs
Silver medal – second place 2002 Seville Coxless fours
Silver medal – second place 2010 Lake Karapiro Women's eight
Silver medal – second place 2011 Lake Bled Women's eight
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Milan Women's eight

Darcy Marquardt (born March 22, 1979) is a Canadian rower.

She graduated from the University of Victoria in 2005 with a major in French, and a minor in Psychology.

She has been on the National Women's Rowing Team for 10 years (2002-2012). In her first year on the team, Darcy won a silver medal in the women's fours event at the 2002 World Championships in Seville, Spain and the following year, a bronze in the eights at the 2003 World Championships and Olympic Qualifier in Milan, Italy.

She placed fourth in the 2004 Summer Olympics, with partner Buffy-Lynne Williams, and she was the 2006 World Champion in the Woman's Pairs with Jane Thornton. She finished in fourth at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the women's eight. She won two more silver medals at world championship level, both in the women's eights, in 2010 and 2011.

Most recently, Darcy won an Olympic silver medal in the Women's Eight at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

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