Jeanne Flanagan

Jeanne Ann Flanagan (born May 8, 1957 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American former competitive rower and Olympic gold medalist.

Jeanne Flanagan
Personal information
Full nameJeanne Ann Flanagan
BornMay 8, 1957 (1957-05-08) (age 66)
New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles Women's eight

Olympic athlete

Flanagan competed at the 1979 World Rowing Championships as a member of the woman's coxed-eight crew and won a bronze medal. She qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but was unable to 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 instead.[1] Four years later, 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.[2]

Personal life

Flanagan attended The Morgan School in Clinton, Connecticut for High School and Florida Institute of Technology.

References
  1. 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.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jeanne Flanagan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04.


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