Chris Jarvis (rower)

Chris Jarvis (rower)

Chris Jarvis (born 1980) is a Canadian rower. He was born in Grimsby, Ontario and competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Greece.[1]

Jarvis was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus type 1 at age 13.[2] He wears a Meditronic insulin pump while competing, in order to mitigate the effects of his condition.[2] When he was rowing in college at Northeastern University, his coach told him that the diabetes would prevent him from ever rowing for the varsity team.[2] Despite this, Jarvis not only made the team, but was also selected as its captain in his senior year.[2]

Both Jarvis and rower Dave Calder were disqualified during the 2004 Olympic Games in Beijing after crossing over the line of buoys and interfering with the South African team.[3] The pair appealed the disqualification but were not successful.

Jarvis teamed with rower Dan Casaca to win a gold medal in coxless pairs at the 2007 Pan American Games.[2]

In 2008, Jarvis was suspended for three months from the Canadian rowing team as a result of repeatedly neglecting to report his whereabouts to the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport—a standard practice for Canadian Olympic Athletes.[4] Jarvis has not returned to row with the Canadian Olympic Team since his suspension.

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