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| Full name | Megan Elizabeth Kalmoe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 21, 1983 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | MeganKalmoe.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Megan Elizabeth Kalmoe [1] (born August 21, 1983) is an American female crew rower who reached the final of the double sculls competition of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, with teammate Ellen Tomek. The duo finished fifth overall, with a time of 7:17.53 over 2000 m. [2] The double trained at the U.S. Rowing Training Center at Princeton, New Jersey.
She won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the quadruple sculls event. [3]
Personal life
Kalmoe graduated from the University of Washington in 2006 with a degree in Latin and English in 2006 as U of W Huskies Team Captain and 101 Club Scholar Athlete. At her Saint Croix Falls, Wisconsin high school, she was team captain of both the cross country and basketball teams, a member of the National Honor Society, senior class vice president, and student body president. She graduated fourth in her class, and was a section leader and drum major in band. She received the Arion Award for most outstanding musicianship and the Marketplace, Greg Fey Memorial and Dayton's "Project Imagine" scholarships.
Her future ambitions include visiting the world's largest and most celebrated parties, including Carnival, Mardi Gras, New Year's Eve on Times Square, Oktoberfest, and the Super Bowl. The 5'10" athlete would also like to travel to all of the U.S. National Parks, hike the Appalachian Trail, coach college rowing, and write an Academy Award-winning screenplay before earning an English PhD, writing a novel, and moving to South Africa. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Since 2008 Kalmoe and friends have annually compiled The List, [8] a ranking of the "20 Hottest Male Rowing Athletes of the Year", which generates great debate among international rowers. [9]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Megan Kalmoe". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
- ^ "Women's Double Sculls Final A". NBC. Retrieved August 18, 2008.
- ^ "UW's Martelli and Kalmoe help U.S. take Olympic bronze in women's quad sculls". Seattle Times. August 1, 2012.
- ^ "Megan Kalmoe". TwinCities.com. July 31, 2008. Retrieved August 6, 2008.
- ^ "Megan Kalmoe". United States Olympic Committee. 2008. Archived from the original on July 14, 2008. Retrieved August 6, 2008.
- ^ "Megan Kalmoe Profile". University of Washington. Archived from the original on October 25, 2006. Retrieved August 6, 2008.
- ^ Higgin, Byron (August 5, 2008). "Olympics to open with eyes on Megan Kalmoe". Burnett County Sentinel. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2008.
- ^ "The List". Megan Kalmoe. October 3, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
- ^ "Twitter photo". Phelan Hill. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
External links
- Living people
- 1983 births
- University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences alumni
- Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in rowing
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- American female rowers
- Sportspeople from Minneapolis
- World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States