Kelly Rickon | |
Full Name: | Kelly Anne Rickon |
Birth Place: | San Diego, California, U.S. |
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Kelly Anne Rickon (born October 27, 1959) is an American former competitive rower and Olympic silver medalist.
Rickon qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but was unable to compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. She did however receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes.[1] She was a member of the American women's quadruple sculls team that won the silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.[2]