Carol Feeney

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Carol Feeney
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Born (1964-10-04) October 4, 1964 (age 59)
Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.
Medal record
Women's rowing
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Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Barcelona Coxless fours

Carol Feeney (born October 4, 1964) is an American rower who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics. [1]

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Feeney was born in Oak Park, Illinois. [1] She attended college at the University of Wisconsin [2] where she was on the 1986 Varsity Women's Eight team that won the collegiate national title at the Cincinnati Regatta in Bantam, Ohio. [3] Feeney now works as an eighth grade science teacher at Ottoson Middle School.

Rowing career

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