Facts: - sport: rowing - name: jane thornton - club: fredericton rowing club - birth place: fredericton , new brunswick , canada Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jane thornton .
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jane thornton is a canadian rower .she was born in fredericton , new brunswick .she won a gold medal at the 2006 world rowing championships in the women 's coxless pairs with darcy marquardt .she finished in fourth place at the 2008 summer olympic games in beijing , china in the women 's eights with ashley brzozowicz , darcy marquardt , buffy williams , sarah bonikowsky , romina stefancic , andreanne morin , heather mandoli and cox lesley thompson-willie .thornton holds a ph.d. in kinesiology from the university of western ontario .