Background
She was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
She was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
University of Western Ontario.
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, Andréanne Morin, Heather Mandoli and cox Lesley Thompson-Willie. Thornton holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Kinesiology from the University of Western Ontario.