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Olivia Coffey

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Olivia Coffey
before the 2018 Oxford vs Cambridge boat race
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1989-01-29) January 29, 1989 (age 35)
Elmira, New York, United States
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight170 lb (77 kg)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportRowing
Event(s)Quad sculls, Coxless four, Eight
Achievements and titles
Olympic finalsTokyo 2020 W8+
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing the  United States
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Chungju Coxless four
Gold medal – first place 2015 Aiguebelette Quadruple sculls
Gold medal – first place 2018 Plovdiv Eight
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Amsterdam Quadruple sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Ottensheim Eight

Olivia Coffey (born January 29, 1989) is an American rower. She is a three-time world champion and an Olympian. She won the gold medal in the quad sculls at the 2015 World Rowing Championships. Coffey was in the winning Cambridge crew of The Boat Race 2018.

Life

Coffey was born in 1989 in Elmira, New York. She first competed at rowing whilst at Phillips Academy in 2005. She was a member of the rowing team in her first year at Harvard University. She graduated in 2011. She took sixth in the 2016 rowing championship which qualified her to be the alternate in the US rowing team at the 2016 Olympics.[1]

Coffey became a student at Cambridge University and was a member of the winning women's boat race in 2018.[2]

She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Olivia Coffey '11 | Sports | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  2. ^ Street, Tim (March 24, 2018). "Meet the Cambridge women's crew for the Boat Race 2018". cambridgenews. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  3. ^ OlympicTalk (June 17, 2021). "U.S. Olympic team roster: Athletes qualified for Tokyo Games". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved June 17, 2021.


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