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Taylor Ritzel

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Taylor Ritzel
Personal information
BornSeptember 4, 1988 (1988-09-04) (age 37)
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2012 LondonWomen's eight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2010 KarapiroW8+
Gold medal – first place2011 Lake BledW8+

Taylor Ritzel (born September 4, 1988)[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

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  1. "US rowing". Archived from the original on July 11, 2012.
  2. "Taylor Ritzel helps U.S. women's eight to gold in rowing". August 2, 2012.
  3. "2010 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Karapiro, NZL – (W8+) Women's Eight – Final". www.worldrowing.com. November 7, 2010. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  4. "2011 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Bled, SLO -(W8+) Women's Eight – Final". www.worldrowing.com. September 2, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  5. "Taylor Ritzel of Larkspur makes U.S. Olympic rowing team". June 22, 2012.
  6. "Yale Daily News". Archived from the original on August 16, 2012.