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American rower
Carlie Geer
Full name Charlotte Mosher Geer Born November 13, 1957 (1957-11-13 ) (age 66)
Greenwich, Connecticut , U.S.
Charlotte Mosher "Carlie" Geer (born November 13, 1957, in
Greenwich, Connecticut ) is a
rower from the
United States .
Olympics
Geer and her sister qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team; however, neither was able to compete due to the U.S. Olympic Committee's
boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. They both received a
Congressional Gold Medal many years later as consolation.
[1] She competed for the United States in the
1984 Summer Olympics held in
Los Angeles, California , in the
single sculls event where she finished in second place.
[2]
A family of Olympians
Carlie's sister
Julia "Judy" Geer competed in the 1976 and 1984 Olympics for the American rowing teams,
[3] her brother-in-law
Richard "Dick" Dreissigacker competed as a rower in the
1972 Summer Olympics ,
[4] and her nieces
Hannah and
Emily competed in
biathlon in the
2014 Winter Olympics and
2018 Winter Olympics , respectively.
[5]
[6]
[7]
References
^ Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry (2008). Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games . Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253.
ISBN
978-0942257403 .
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;
Mallon, Bill ; et al.
"Carlie Geer" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com .
Sports Reference LLC . Archived from
the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2014 .
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;
Mallon, Bill ; et al.
"Judy Geer" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com .
Sports Reference LLC . Archived from
the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2014 .
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;
Mallon, Bill ; et al.
"Dick Dreissigacker" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com .
Sports Reference LLC . Archived from
the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2014 .
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;
Mallon, Bill ; et al.
"Hannah Dreissigacker" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com .
Sports Reference LLC . Archived from
the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2014 .
^ Williams, Doug (January 22, 2014).
"In Olympic Family, Hannah Dreissigacker Takes Her Own Course" . TeamUSA.org.
^
"Vermont Olympian Emily Dreissigacker: 'More About the Process, Less About the Result' " . February 12, 2018.