Taylor Ritzel
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Taylor Ritzel (born September 4, 1988 in Aurora, Colorado)[1] is an American rower who was part of the United States women's eight team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The team won an Olympic gold medal.[2] She has also been part of the women's eight world championship winning team twice, in 2010 and 2011.[3][4]
Ritzel started rowing at Yale University,[5] from which she graduated in 2010.[6] While at Yale, she won the I Eight event three times at the NCAA Championships (2007, 2008, 2010). Taylor is currently working in Beverly Hills in nonfiction series content acquisition at Netflix. [citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ "US rowing". Archived from the original on July 11, 2012.
- ^ "Taylor Ritzel helps U.S. women's eight to gold in rowing". August 2, 2012.
- ^ "2010 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Karapiro, NZL – (W8+) Women's Eight – Final". www.worldrowing.com. November 7, 2010. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
- ^ "2011 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Bled, SLO -(W8+) Women's Eight – Final". www.worldrowing.com. September 2, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
- ^ "Taylor Ritzel of Larkspur makes U.S. Olympic rowing team". June 22, 2012.
- ^ "Yale Daily News". Archived from the original on August 16, 2012.
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