Michelle Guerette
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Michelle Guerette (born October 6, 1980) is an American rower, who competed in two Olympic Games.
Biography
[edit]Guerette born in Hartford, Connecticut and raised in Bristol, Connecticut, graduated from Harvard University in 2002.[1] She competed in the women's quadruple sculls event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. After competing in the 2004 Olympics, she embarked on a solo career, and was the first pick for the U.S. team at the 2005 World Rowing Championships in Gifu, Japan, at which she placed third in the women's single sculls.[2]
The next year she placed fifth at the 2006 World Championships in Dorney Lake, England.[3] She finished third again in 2007 in Munich, Germany.[4]
In 2007 Guerette won the Princess Royal Challenge Cup (the premier women's singles sculls event) at the Henley Royal Regatta, rowing for the Radcliffe Crew, Harvard University.[5]
At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Guerette earned a silver medal in women's single sculls, finishing less than half a second behind the winner, Rumyana Neykova.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Crimson in Beijing". November 2008.
- ^ Montgomery, Bob: It’s bronze for Guerette Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, The Bristol Press, September 13, 2005.
- ^ Montgomery, Bob: Guerette fifth at World Championships Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, The Bristol Press, August 28, 2006.
- ^ Matson, Barbara: Headed to Olympus, The Boston Globe, October 17, 2007.
- ^ "Diamond Challenge Sculls, List of past winners". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ [1] Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine Rowing results at NBC Network's Olympics page
External links
[edit]- Michelle's U.S. Olympic Team bio Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
- U.S. Rowing bio
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- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in rowing
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