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Jeffrey M. Y Lay/Honorat (born October 24, 1962) is a retired rower from Canada. He won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the Men's Lightweight Coxless Fours, alongside Brian Peaker, Dave Boyes, and Gavin Hassett. He was also selected for the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004. This Olympic rower (Rowing coach level 4) was the first official national coach of Palestine by presenting a rower at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta in skiff He also worked with the Israeli National Rowing Federation and enabled Israeli junior rowers to row for the first time in a Muslim country (Turkey), also coach Team rowing Canada for the Macaby Games in 1999.

Several national teams have had Y.Honorat Lay as coach and national trainer (Senegal, Morocco, Tunisia, Vietnam...) During his time in Spain he created the first gay rowing team in Spain to compete in the 2004 Paris Gay Games (4X). After only 6 months of training the boat won its first medal.

Y.J. Honorat Ley has won gold medals at several international competitions and has twice been named best coach of the year by the ICA (International Coaches Association)

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