Kathy Keeler

Kathryn Elliott "Kathy" Keeler (born November 3, 1956, in Galveston, Texas) is an American former competitive rower and Olympic gold medalist.[1] She was a member of the American women's eights team that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, "the only women's crew in U.S. history to win an Olympic gold medal" until 2008.[2][3][4][5]

Kathy Keeler
Personal information
Full nameKathryn Elliott Keeler
BornNovember 3, 1956 (1956-11-03) (age 63)
Galveston, Texas, U.S.
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles Women's eight

Education

Keeler is a 1978 graduate of Wesleyan University.

Competition

Keeler was a member of the U.S. national rowing team in 1982 and the women's four that won a silver medal at the World Rowing Championships in Lucerne, Switzerland that year. Keeler qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but did not compete due to the U.S. Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. She was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal many years later.[6] Overall, she was a member of four U.S. national rowing teams.[7]

Coach

Subsequent to her competitive rowing career, Keeler was a member of the U.S. national rowing team as a coach on six occasions (in 1987, 89, 91, 93, 94, 95). As U.S. Olympic Team coach in 1996, she directed the U.S. women's lightweight double to a silver medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.[8][9] She also was a college coach at Smith College, among other institutions.[10]

Personal life

She was married to the late Harry Parker. They have a daughter, Abigail Parker, who rows at Cambridge University. Kathy currently resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kathy Keeler". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. Berry, Maeve. "Home | USRowing - USRowing". Rowing.teamusa.org. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  3. "Graves and Olympic teammates recognized by US Rowing - University of Texas Athletics". Texassports.com. 2009-01-16. Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  4. http://preview.universalsports.com/news/article/newsid=269944.html
  5. "Los Angeles 1984 - Rowing - Olympic Data Project". Odp.mjchost.com. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  6. Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry. Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.
  7. "Wesleyan Athletics". Wesleyan.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  8. "John Harvard's Journal - Sports, September-October 1996". Harvardmagazine.com. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  9. "1984 Olympic gold medal women's 8 reunion row - Rowing Stories, Features & Interviews". row2k.com. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-01-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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