ANNA (MICKELSON) CUMMINS

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Hometown: Bellevue, Wash.

Current Residence: Princeton, N.J.

Club Affiliation: Pocock Rowing Center

Began Rowing: University of Washington, 1999

Date of Birth: 3/21/80 

Height: 6’0” 

Weight: 170

High School: Newport High School

Undergraduate Education: University of Washington, 2002

Occupation: Frank Shields Fellow with the National Rowing Foundation

Current Coach: Tom Terhaar

International Results: Won bronze in the pair at the 2008 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne...Won gold in the eight and finished seventh in the pair at the 2007 FISA World Championships...Won silver in the pair at the 2007 FISA World Cup stops in Linz and Lucerne...Won gold in the eight and finished fourth in the pair at the 2006 FISA World Championships...Won gold in the pair at the 2006 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne...Won the Remenham Cup at the 2006 Henley Royal Regatta...Finished fifth in the pair at the 2006 FISA World Cup stop in Munich...Finished fifth in the quadruple sculls at the 2005 FISA World Championships...Won bronze in the quadruple sculls at the 2005 FISA World Cup stop in Munich...Won silver in the eight at the 2004 Olympic Games...Set a world record in the eight during the heats of the 2004 Olympic Games...Won gold in the eight at the 2004 FISA World Cup stops in Lucerne and Munich...Finished fifth in the eight at the 2003 FISA World Championships...Won gold in the eight at the 2003 FISA World Cup stops in Milan and Munich...Won gold in the eight at the 2002 FISA World Championships...Finished fourth in the eight at the 2001 FISA World Championships...Won gold in the four at the 2000 Nation’s Cup...Won gold in the eight at the 2000 Henley Royal Regatta.

National Results: Won the pair at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials - Rowing...Won the eight and finished second in the pair (winning the national title) at the 2007 USRowing National Championships...Won the pair at the second 2007 National Selection Regatta...Won the pair at both the first and second 2006 National Selection Regattas...Finished second in the double sculls at the second 2005 USRowing National Selection Regatta...Won the pair at the second 2004 USRowing National Selection Regatta...Won the eight at the 2001 and 2002 USRowing National Championships...Won the national title in the varsity eight at the 2001 and 2002 NCAA Championships...Finished second in the varsity eight at the 2000 NCAA Championships...Won the national title in the varsity four at the 1999 NCAA Championships.

Personal: Anna is an eight-time senior national team member and two-time Olympian...In 2006, Anna was named USRowing’s Female Athlete of the Year...She was a walk-on to the University of Washington crew where her background from running track and cross-country and playing basketball helped her become a natural oars woman...Working for the National Rowing Foundation, Anna helps past and present athletes who pursue excellence in the sport of rowing...She was married in December of 2007 to former Husky rower and 1997 World Champion Bob Cummins...The couple honeymooned at her favorite vacation spot, the family’s cabin at Lake Quinault...Built in 1927, it’s located on the Olympic peninsula west of Seattle and is on the Washington State National Register of Historic Places...Bob’s sister, Angie (Cummins) Sievers, rowed for the U.S. in the lightweight women’s quad in 1997...Her biggest fans are her husband and her parents, Dave and Denise Mickelson, who have attended nearly every competition she has raced in...Anna’s hobbies include skyping her nieces, Kara and Mary, and frequenting her hometown coffee shop, Starbucks...Anna enjoys music and lists Coldplay as her favorite concert...She looks forward to opening a chiropractic office with her husband in the greater Seattle area...In the office, she hopes to use her knowledge from elite training to bring wellness and knowledge of health to those around her. Anna enjoys backpacking, running road races and reading her weekend subscription to the New York Times...Anna says the sporting events she would pay to see include the Olympic final in the mile and the University of Washington in a national championship football game.

(updated 6/12/2008)