MICHELLE GUERETTE

Hometown: Bristol, Conn.

Current Residence: Cambridge, Mass.

Club Affiliation: Radcliffe Association of Rowing Alumnae

Began Rowing: Radcliffe, 1998

Date of Birth: 10/6/80 

Height: 5’11” 

Weight: 175

High School: Bristol Central High School

Undergraduate Education: Harvard University, 2002

Occupation: Associate at The Home Depot

Current Coach: Charley Butt

International Results: Won silver in the single sculls at the 2008 Olympic Games...Finished seventh in the single sculls at the 2008 FISA World Cup stop in Munich...Won bronze in the single sculls at the 2007 FISA World Championships...Won the Princess Royal Challenge Cup at the 2007 Henley Royal Regatta...Won bronze in the single sculls at the 2007 FISA World Cup stop in Linz...Finished fifth in the single sculls at the 2006 FISA World Championships...Finished fifth in the single sculls at the 2006 FISA World Cup stops in Munich and Lucerne...Won bronze in the single sculls at the 2005 FISA World Championships...Finished fifth in the quadruple sculls at the 2004 Olympic Games...Won bronze in the quadruple sculls at the 2004 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne... Finished fifth in both the double sculls and quadruple sculls at the 2004 FISA World Cup stop in Munich...Finished fifth in the eight at the 2003 FISA World Championships...Won gold in the eight at the 2003 FISA World Cup stop in Milan...Served as a spare at the 2002 FISA World Championships...Finished fourth in the four at the 2001 FISA World Championships...Won gold in the four at the 2000 Nation’s Cup.

National Results: Won the single sculls at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials - Rowing...Won the single sculls at the first 2008 National Selection Regatta...Won the single sculls at the 2007 U.S. National Team Trials...Won the single sculls at the first 2006 National Selection Regatta...Won the championship single sculls at the 2005 Head of the Charles...Won the single sculls at the first 2005 National Selection Regatta...Won the four at the 2001 USRowing National Championships...Finished second in the varsity eight at the 2000 Women’s Eastern Sprints...Finished sixth in the varsity eight at the 1999 NCAA Championships.

Personal: Michelle is an eight-time senior national team member and two-time Olympian...Michelle enjoys running, especially through new cities, cooking, yoga, foreign languages, travel, writing and English and American literature...Michelle played tennis in high school and began rowing in college when an ex-rower roommate convinced her to try it...At Radcliffe, Michelle ate Pop-Tarts for good luck before races or ergometer tests – a superstition that began her freshman year after she had them for breakfast before her first, and very successful, 2k erg test...Her personal hero is her mother...Michelle is currently employed at The Home Depot in Watertown, Mass., as part of the Olympic Job Opportunities Program...She is also an athlete ambassador for the international humanitarian organization Right To Play.

(updated 6/27/2008)