Dr. Jane Thornton is the Director of Health, Medicine and Science at the IOC. She is a Sport and Exercise Medicine Physician and Clinician Scientist specializing in lifelong athlete health and physical activity in the prevention and treatment of chronic disease. She is a Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Western University in London, Canada. She is Past President of the Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine, and past senior editor of the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Dr. Thornton represented Canada for over a decade in the sport of rowing, becoming both a World Champion (2006) and Olympian (2008). She now leads a team who focus on key health issues impacting athletes and the Olympic Movement, including injury and illness prevention, clean sport, safeguarding, mental health and well-being, medical services and research, emerging global public health topics, and promoting the health benefits of lifelong physical activity.
