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Shelagh Donohoe (born January 22, 1965) is an American Olympic rower. [1] [2]
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Shelagh Donohoe (born January 22, 1965) is an American Olympic rower. [1] [2]
Shelagh was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, [1] and attended Keith Hall, now a part of Lowell Catholic High School, from 1981 to 1985. [3]
She later attended the University of Massachusetts-Lowell from 1984 to 1988, and graduated with a B.A. in Business Administration. [2] She was on the Varsity rowing team all four years, and in 1987, her team won Bronze at the Varsity Four at the Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia. [4]
1989–1992, Donohoe was a member of the U.S. National Rowing Team with the following achievements: [2]
When Donohoe, with teammates; Cindy Ekert, Carol Feeney, and Amy Fuller, won the Silver in Barcelona, the August 2, 1992 Boston Globe article by John Powers reported:
BANYOLES, Spain -- Bobbing up and down at the finish, depleted and gasping, Shelagh Donohoe had no idea where her boat had finished.
"I didn't know if we were first -- or fourth," the Lowell, Mass., oarswoman said yesterday morning, an Olympic silver medal around her neck. "They told us it was a photo finish."
The photo was for third, between the Germans and the Chinese. There was no question about second. Donohoe and her mates in the US straight four had it nailed down from the start, when they latched onto world champion Canada and stayed within a quarter-length all the way…
From 1996 to 2006, Shelagh coached at the Northeastern University. [7] With the following achievements:
Since 2006, Donohoe has been head coach of the University of Rhode Island women's rowing. With the following achievements:
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