Sara Hendershot
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Sara Hendershot (born April 27, 1988) is an American rower from West Simsbury, CT, competing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Sara played soccer and swimming in high school, but began rowing full-time in college at Princeton University. She was named a Division I First-Team All-American her junior and senior years of college. Sara won the gold medal in the women's eight at the 2010 World Rowing U23 Championships. She also won gold in the four at the 2011 World Rowing Championships.[1] Sara qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics after winning the women's pair with Sarah Zelenka at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials.[2] On July 28, 2012 Sara qualified for the Olympic finals after recording a time of 6:59.29 in the preliminaries.[3] In the finals, Sara came in fourth with a time of 7:30.39.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Sara Hendershot". usrowing.org. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ^ "12 for '12: Sara Hendershot '10 Qualifies for London Olympics In Pair". goprincetontigers.com. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ^ St. Clair, Stacy. "Itasca rower headed to Olympic Finals". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ^ "Olympic Rowing - Women's Pair Finals Results & Schedule". nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
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