Michelle Guerette
American rower (born 1980)
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Michelle Guerette (born October 6, 1980) is an American rower, who competed in two Olympic Games.
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Biography
Guerette born in Hartford, Connecticut and raised in Bristol, Connecticut, graduated from Harvard University in 2002.[1] She competed in the women's quadruple sculls event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. After competing in the 2004 Olympics, she embarked on a solo career, and was the first pick for the U.S. team at the 2005 World Rowing Championships in Gifu, Japan, at which she placed third in the women's single sculls.[2]
The next year she placed fifth at the 2006 World Championships in Dorney Lake, England.[3] She finished third again in 2007 in Munich, Germany.[4]
In 2007 Guerette won the Princess Royal Challenge Cup (the premier women's singles sculls event) at the Henley Royal Regatta, rowing for the Radcliffe Crew, Harvard University.[5]
At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Guerette earned a silver medal in women's single sculls, finishing less than half a second behind the winner, Rumyana Neykova.[6]
