Patricia Spratlen
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Patricia Maria Spratlen-Etem (born March 14, 1956, in Columbus, Ohio) is an American former competitive rower. She rowed at the University of California, Berkeley.
Spratlen-Etem began her rowing career when she joined the team at UC Berkeley.[1] She excelled and qualified for the Olympic Games twice.[2] In 1977 she became the stroke of the varsity eight and was a vital part winning titles at the Bay Area Rowing Festival, the Western Collegiate, the NWRA Regional, and Pacific Coast Championships.[3]
She took home a gold medal in Switzerland at the Lucerne International Regatta and in the 1979, 1981, and 1983 World Rowing Championships, she took home a bronze and two silver medals.[4]
Etem, a member of the class of 1979, was inducted into the California Athletics Hall of Fame in 1990.[5]
