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Hometown: Camden, Maine

Current Residence: Princeton, N.J.

Club Affiliation: USRowing Training Center

Began Rowing: Syracuse University, 2001

Date of Birth: 3/18/83 

Height: 6’0” 

Weight: 180

High School: Camden Hills Regional High School

Undergraduate Education: Syracuse University, 2005

Current Coaches: Tom Terhaar, Laurel Korholz

International Results: Won gold in the eight at the 2008 Olympic Games...Won gold in the eight at the 2008 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne...Finished sixth in the pair at the 2008 FISA World Cup stop in Munich...Won gold in the eight at the 2007 FISA World Championships...Won gold in the eight at the 2007 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne...Finished seventh in the pair at the 2007 FISA World Cup stop in Linz...Won gold in the eight at the 2006 FISA World Championships...Won silver in the eight at the 2006 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne...Won the Remenham Cup at the 2006 Henley Royal Regatta...Finished 11th in the pair at the 2006 FISA World Cup stop in Munich...Finished fourth in the eight at the 2005 FISA World Championships.

National Results: Finished second in the pair at the second 2008 National Selection Regatta...Won gold in the championship eight at the 2007 Head of the Charles...Finished second in the four and fourth in the pair at the 2007 USRowing National Championships...Won gold in the championship eight at the 2006 Head of the Charles...Finished second in the pair at the 2006 USRowing National Selection Regatta #2...Won gold in the championship eight at the 2005 Head of the Charles...Finished 16th in the varsity eight at the 2005 NCAA Championships...Finished second in the four at the 2004 U.S. National Team Trials...Won the championship eight at the 2004 Canadian Henley.

Personal: Anna is a four-time national team member and first-time Olympian...Anna lists her most memorable sporting achievement as the last 500 meters of the 2007 World Championship...She enjoys being outside, hiking, kayaking, cross-country skiing, dog sledding, snow shoeing and camping...Anna also loves traveling and would like to sail around the world someday...Anna grew up on a sheep farm in Maine and was home schooled until she was nine...She did not play organized sports until high school, where she played soccer and basketball...An illustration major at Syracuse University, Anna hopes to illustrate children’s books when her rowing career is over...Anna plays the viola...She lists her mother as her personal hero...Anna was a Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association All-American, a National Scholar Athlete, a Big East Academic All-Star and an All-Region Selection from 2003-2005.

(updated 6/27/2008)