Anne Martin | |
Nationality: | American |
Sport: | Rowing |
Birth Date: | 24 September 1961 |
Anne Martin (born September 24, 1961) is an American rower.[1] She competed in the women's quadruple sculls event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[2] After her rowing career, Martin worked as the Chief Investment Officer at Wesleyan University.[3] [4]
Martin was born in 1961.[1] She attended Smith College, and took up rowing in the early 1980s during her sophomore year.[3] She competed at the World Rowing Championships from 1984 to 1987.[1] [5] At the 1984 and 1985 Championships, she won bronze in the single sculls.[1] At the 1986 World Rowing Championships, Martin won gold in the coxless four.[1] [3] After the World Championships, Martin began training for a spot on the US Olympic team.[3]
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Martin competed in the women's quadruple sculls,[6] [7] where the US team finished in ninth place.[8]
After her rowing career, Martin went to Stanford University earning an MBA.[1] She started work in the finance sector at Alex. Brown & Sons,[1] before moving to a private equity company in San Francisco.[1] After becoming a director at Yale Investments Office,[9] Martin became the chief investment officer at Wesleyan University.[3]
Martin is married to John Pescatore, who also rowed for the United States at the Olympics in 1988 and 1992,[10] and has twin boys.[11] She was inducted into the National Rowing Foundation's hall of fame in 1997.[12]