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Jacob Wetzel is a Canadian rower. He has represented both Canada and the United States at the World Championships and the Olympics. He was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Patrick John Sweeney is a coxswain for Great Britain's rowing team. Sweeney won an Olympic bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics with Steve Redgrave and Andy Holmes, and a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the British men's eight team. In addition, Sweeney won gold medals at the 1977 and 1986 World Rowing Championships and silver medals at the 1974 and 1986 World Championships.
Michael Scott McKay, OAM, known as Mike McKay, is an Australian rower, a four-time world champion, a four-time Olympic medallist and Commonwealth Games gold medallist. From 1990 to 1998 he was a member of Australia's prominent world class crew - the coxless four known as the Oarsome Foursome.
Anna Cummins is an American rower who won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the women's eight. At the FISA World Rowing Championships in 2006, Mickelson won the gold medal in the women's eight with a new world's best time of 5:55.50, and with partner Megan Cooke, she placed 4th in the women's pair. At the FISA World Rowing Championships in 2007, Mickelson won the gold medal again in the women's eight and won the "B" final in the women's pair.
Zsuzsanna Francia is an American rower. Growing up in Abington, Pennsylvania, she attended Abington Senior High School, followed by the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 2004 with a bachelors and a master's degree in Criminology and Sociology. She currently resides in Princeton, New Jersey and is affiliated with the US Rowing Training Center. She is fluent in Hungarian.
Steven Coppola and is an American rower. He won a bronze medal in the men's eight at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He is currently the Head Women’s coach at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.
Marcus McElhenney is an American coxswain. He won a bronze medal in the men's eight at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Timothy Carl "Tim" Mickelson was a medical electronics executive and an American rower who competed and won medals in the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1974 World Rowing Championships, as well as the 1975 Pan American Games.
Hamish Byron Bond is a New Zealand rower and double Olympic gold medallist at the 2012 London Olympic Games and at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. He has won seven consecutive World Rowing Championships gold medals in the coxless pair and has set two world best times in the coxless and coxed pair. He made a successful transition from rowing to road cycling after the 2016 Summer Olympics focussing on the road time trial.
Samuel Patten is an Australian former World Champion rower and Olympic medallist. His professional career has been as an orthopaedic surgeon specialising in hip and knee surgery and based in Melbourne. From 1990 to 1991 he was a member of Australia's prominent world class crew – the coxless four known as the Oarsome Foursome.
Yasmin Farooq is an American rowing cox and the head coach of the University of Washington women's rowing team. She graduated from Waupun High School in 1984 at Waupun, Wisconsin. She attended the University of Wisconsin where she started coxing in 1984; she then was voted Captain and MVP her senior year. She finished 6th in the women's eight at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 4th in the women's eight at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Allen Perry Rosenberg was an American rowing coxswain and coach. As a coxwain he won a gold and a silver medal at the 1955 Pan American Games and a silver at the 1958 European Championships. As a coach he was responsible for more than 24 gold and silver medals at the Olympics and world championships.
Samuel Ojserkis is an American rower. He competed in the men's eight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Matthew Smith is a retired American competitor in lightweight rowing. He won a silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games and placed ninth at the 2004 Olympics in the coxless fours. Previously he won a bronze medal in the eights at the 2002 World Championships.
Simon Carcagno is an American rower who competed in lightweight rowing. He won a gold medal in the eights at the 2008 World Rowing Championships and placed third in the coxless pairs in 2003. He also won a silver medal in the coxless fours at the 2007 Pan American Games. He represented the United States as an alternate at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Stephen L. Peterson is an American rower who was a member of the 1996 U.S. Olympic team. He was also on the 1990 U.S. World Championships team where he won a Gold medal in the Men’s Lightweight Double Scull. He has been the head coach of the Indiana University women’s rowing team since 2003.
Michael Callahan is the men's rowing head coach at the University of Washington.
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- 1 2 "Samuel Burns". International Rowing Federation . Retrieved November 4, 2017.
- ↑ "Dead heat at World Rowing Champs".
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