 Martelli in 2015 at Aiguebelette | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Adrienne Elisabeth Martelli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 3, 1987 (age 34) Glendale, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adrienne Elizabeth Martelli [1] (born December 3, 1987) [2] is an American female crew rower from University Place, Washington. She took an Olympic bronze medal in 2012 and a gold medal in the 2015 World Championships.
Born in Glendale, California, [1] Martelli graduated from Curtis Senior High School in University Place, Washington, [3] and the University of Washington. [4] [5]
Martelli won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the quadruple sculls event. [6]
In 2015 Martelli, Kristine O'Brien, Grace Latz and Grace Luczak took the gold medal at the 2015 – World Championships. [7]
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