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| Born | September 16, 1999 [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Home town | Andover, Massachusetts, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Education | MIT | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) [2] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 lb (45 kg) [2] | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Pararowing | ||||||||||||||
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Emelie Eldracher (born September 16, 1999) is an American pararower. She represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Paralympics as the coxswain of the mixed coxed four rowing team as the only non-disabled member of the team.
Eldracher was first introduced to rowing in her freshman year of high school at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. [3] [4] She also participated in springboard diving in high school before committing to rowing in college. She was a member of the rowing team at MIT, where she was also studying for a Master of Engineering degree in Computation and Cognition.
She was selected to represent the United States at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. [5] She participated in the PR3 mixed coxed four event, where she won a silver medal with the United States team. [6] [7]
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Jessica Gallagher is an Australian Paralympic alpine skier, track and field athlete, tandem cyclist and rower. She was Australia's second female Winter Paralympian, and the first Australian woman to win a medal at the Winter Paralympics at the 2010 Vancouver Games. She competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, where she won a bronze medal in the women's giant slalom visually impaired.
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Moran Samuel is an Israeli paralympic basketball player and world champion rower. She was chosen to light a ceremonial torch on Israel's Independence Day in 2019. She represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. She won a gold medal competing for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the Women's single sculls.
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