Olivia Coffey

Olivia Coffey (born January 29, 1989) is an American rower. She won the gold medal in the quad sculls at the 2015 World Rowing Championships. Coffey was on the winning team of The Boat Race 2018.

Olivia Coffey
before the 2018 Oxford vs Cambridge boat race
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1989-01-29) January 29, 1989
Elmira, New York, United States
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportRowing
Event(s)Quadruple sculls, Coxless four, Eight
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing the  United States
World Championships
2013 ChungjuCoxless four
2015 AiguebeletteQuadruple sculls
2018 PlovdivEight
2014 AmsterdamQuadruple sculls
2019 OttensheimEight

Life

Coffey was born in 1989 in Elmira, New York. She first competed at rowing whilst at Phillips Academy in 2005. She was a member of the rowing team in her first year at Harvard University. She graduated in 2011. She took sixth in the 2016 rowing championship which qualified her to be the alternate in the US rowing team at the 2016 Olympics.[1]

Coffey became a student at Cambridge University and was a member of the winning women's boat race in 2018.[2]

References
  1. "Olivia Coffey '11 | Sports | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  2. Street, Tim (March 24, 2018). "Meet the Cambridge women's crew for the Boat Race 2018". cambridgenews. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
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