Harriet Metcalf
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Competitor for the  United States |
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| Gold | Los Angeles 1984 | Women's eights |
Harriet ("Holly") Morris Metcalf (born March 25, 1958) is a six-time USA national/ Olympic team member in women's rowing, who won a Gold medal in rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics for the Women's Eight. She is openly lesbian.[1]
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[edit] Background
Metcalf received her B.A. in Music and English from Mount Holyoke College in 1981 and a masters in risk and prevention and a certificate of advanced study in human development and psychology from Harvard University.
[edit] Career
Between 1981-1987, she won three silver and one bronze World Championship medals. She is currently the founder and Executive Director of the Row As One Institute Inc. In 2007, Metcalf was hired as head coach for the MIT women's openweight crew.
[edit] References
- ^ "Heroes Among Us: Holly Metcalf and Mark Tewksbury". WGBH-TV Lectures. 2003-04-30. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=1211. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
[edit] External links
- MIT Biography
- databaseolympics.com
- Row As One Institute Biography
- MHC Crew Celebrates Twenty-Five Years on the River
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