MARY WHIPPLE

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Hometown: Sacramento, Calif.

Current Residence: Princeton, N.J.

Club Affiliation: USRowing Training Center

Began Rowing: Capital Crew, 1994

Date of Birth: 5/10/80 

Height: 5’3’’ 

Weight: 106

High School: Sacramento Adventist Academy

Undergraduate Education: University of Washington, 2002

Current Coach: Tom Terhaar

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...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...Won gold in the eight at the 2006 FISA World Championships...Finished second in the eight at the 2006 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne...Won the Remenham Cup at the 2006 Henley Royal Regatta...Finished fourth in the eight at the 2005 FISA World Championships...Won bronze in the eight 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 stop in Lucerne...Won gold in the eight 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 stops in Milan and Munich...Won gold in the eight at the 2002 World Championships...Finished fourth in the eight at the 2001 World Championships...Won the Henley Prize at the 2000 Henley Royal Regatta...Finished fifth in the junior eight at the 1998 World Junior Championships.

National Results: Won gold in the eight at the 2007 USRowing National Championships...Won gold in the eight at the 2002 USRowing National Championships...Won the national title in the varsity eight at the 2002 NCAA Championships... Won gold in the eight at the 2001 USRowing National Championships...Won the national title in the eight at the 2001 NCAA Championships... Finished second in the varsity eight at the 2000 NCAA Championships...Won the national title in the varsity four with coxswain at the 1999 NCAA Championships.

Personal: Coxswain...Mary is an eight-time senior national team member and two-time Olympian...Mary was part of the Olympic women’s eight that set a world record in the heat and won a silver medal in the final in Athens, Greece...Mary enjoys snowboarding, backpacking, hiking and cross-country skiing...She would like to go backpacking in New Zealand on the Routeburn Track...Her favorite spectator sport is basketball, and she used to enjoy going to Sacramento Kings games at ARCO Arena when she lived in Sacramento...Mary’s favorite movie is Pride and Prejudice, but she said she is a closet sci-fi fan, growing up with Star Wars, Back to the Future and Star Trek...She enjoys cooking and lists Mexican food, especially guacamole, as her favorite...Mary’s first concert was the Beastie Boys, who she lists as one of her favorite groups...She also likes the Black Eyed Peas and No Doubt...Mary is the youngest of four and has a twin sister that coxed at the University of California at Davis...Both Mary and her sister, Sarah, coxed their respective crews to national titles at the 2002 NCAA Championships...Mary’s parents, Al and Meg, have traveled to all of Mary’s international races and have been known to break out the camping gear overseas.

(updated 6/27/2008)