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1974Marilena GhitaCornelia Neascu1975
Sabine DähneAngelika Noack1977
Sabine DähneAngelika Noack1978
Cornelia BügelUte Steindorf1979
Cornelia BügelUte Steindorf1981
Iris RudolphSigrid Anders1982
Silvia FröhlichMarita Sandig1983
Marita SandigSilvia Fröhlich1985
Rodica ArbaElena Horvat1986
Rodica ArbaOlga Homeghi1987
Rodica ArbaOlga Homeghi1989
Kathrin HaackerJudith Zeidler1990
Stefani WerremeierIngeburg Althoff1991
Kathleen HeddleMarnie McBean1993
Hélène CortinChristine Gossé1994
Hélène CortinChristine Gossé1995
Kate SlatterMegan Still1997
Alison KornEmma Robinson1998
Alison KornEmma Robinson1999
Theresa LukeEmma Robinson2001
Georgeta DamianViorica Susanu2002
Georgeta DamianViorica Susanu2003
Katherine GraingerCath Bishop2005
Juliette HaighNicky Coles2006
Darcy MarquardtJane Rumball2007
Yuliya BichykNatallia Helakh2009
Susan FranciaErin Cafaro2010
Juliette HaighRebecca Scown2011
Juliette HaighRebecca Scown2013
Helen GloverPolly Swann2014
Helen GloverHeather Stanning2015
Helen GloverHeather Stanning2017
Grace PrendergastKerri Gowler2018
Caileigh FilmerHillary Janssens
Living people1982 birthsHungarian emigrants to the United StatesUniversity of Pennsylvania alumniOlympic gold medalists for the United States in rowingOlympic rowers of the United StatesRowers at the 2008 Summer OlympicsRowers at the 2012 Summer OlympicsAmerican people of Hungarian descentAmerican female rowersMedalists at the 2012 Summer OlympicsMedalists at the 2008 Summer OlympicsWorld Rowing Championships medalists for the United States
HungarianSzegedHungaryrowerAbingtonPennsylvaniaAbington Senior High SchoolUniversity of PennsylvaniaPrincetonNew JerseyUniversity of PennsylvaniaFISAWorld Rowing Championships
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Full name | Susan Francia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | November 8, 1982 (1982-11-08) (age 36) Szeged, Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zsuzsanna Francia[1] (Hungarian: Francia Zsuzsanna;[2] born November 8, 1982 in Szeged, Hungary[2]) is an American rower. Growing up in Abington, Pennsylvania, she attended Abington Senior High School, followed by the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 2004 with a bachelors and a master's degree in Criminology and Sociology. She currently resides in Princeton, New Jersey and is affiliated with the US Rowing Training Center. She is fluent in Hungarian.[3]
Rowing career
Francia began rowing as a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania in 2001. She was a Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Division I All-American at the University of Pennsylvania in 2004. Since graduating she has served nine years as a U.S. National Team member and won a Gold Medal with the 2012 Olympic Team in London, England and the 2008 Olympic Team in Beijing, China.
Francia has been an integral part of the increasingly fast and competitive US Women's National Teams in the past several years. She has aided the US team to achieve remarkable success with many medals and high ranking finishes at the highest level competitions. In addition to her World Championship and World Cup successes, Francia won the Remenham Cup at the 2011 and 2006 Henley Royal Regatta. At the FISA World Rowing Championships in 2006, Francia won the gold medal in the women's eight with a new world's best time of 5:55.50.
In addition to her international accomplishments Francia has also had much domestic success. She won the second National Selection Regatta in the pair in 2011, and all three National Selection Regattas in 2010. She finished second in the pair at the second 2008 National Selection Regatta. She won the championship eight at the 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2012 Head of the Charles Regatta in Cambridge, Massachusetts Won the eight and finished third in the pair at the 2007 US Rowing National Championships. Won the double sculls at the second 2006 National Selection Regatta and finished second in the four at the 2004 U.S. National Team Trials.
Francia is currently coaching and inspiring rowers at the University of California, San Diego. Francia says she has no favorites, but the team knows her favorites are Mosh and Malia.
References
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Susan Francia". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ ab "Susan Francia". United States Olympic Committee. 2008. Archived from the original on August 15, 2008. Retrieved August 17, 2008.
^ "Susan Francia bio". NBC. Archived from the original on August 16, 2008. Retrieved August 17, 2008.
External links
- Official website