Jon Beare

{{Short description|Canadian rower (1974–2023)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | sport = Rowing | name = Jon Beare | image = | club = | birth_date = {{birth date|1974|05|10}} | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|10|05|1974|05|10}} | death_place = | height = | weight = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's rowing }} {{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalBronze | 2008 Beijing | Lightweight Fours }} {{MedalCompetition | World Rowing Championships }} {{MedalBronze | 1996 Strathclyde | LM8+ }} {{MedalBronze | 1997 Aiguebelette | LM8+ }} }}

'''Jon Beare''' (May 10, 1974 – October 5, 2023) was a Canadian rower. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he started rowing in 1988 and was a graduate of the University of Western Ontario. In 1993, he participated in the Canada Games in Kamloops B.C. as a member of the Ontario Team. The team returned with a gold in the four, and a silver in the eight. The following year as a member of the National Team he won a bronze in the Men's Lightweight 8 at the 1994 Commonwealth Regatta in London, Ontario. He lived with his family in Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, near Greater Victoria.

Beare competed in the Olympics three times (2000, 2004 and 2008), and won a bronze in the men's lightweight fours at the 2008 Summer Olympics with Iain Brambell, Liam Parsons and Mike Lewis.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/olympics/story/?id=246638&lid=headline&lpos=secStory_main |title=Double Bronze in Rowing |author=The Canadian Press|accessdate=2008-08-18|date=2008-08-18|publisher=TSN.ca}}</ref>

Beare died on October 5, 2023, at the age of 49.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jon Beare |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/88898 |website=Olympedia |access-date=19 October 2023}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{Olympedia|88898}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080817010253/http://www.rowingcanada.org/national_team/bios/lwt_men_08/ Profile] at Rowing Canada

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