Olivia Coffey Explained

Olivia Coffey
Nationality:American
Birth Date:29 January 1989
Birth Place:Elmira, New York, United States
Height:6 ft 1 in
Weight:170 lb
Country:United States
Sport:Rowing
Event:Quad sculls, Coxless four, Eight
Olympics:Tokyo 2020 W8+

Olivia Coffey (born January 29, 1989) is an American rower. She is a three-time world champion and an Olympian. She won the gold medal in the quad sculls at the 2015 World Rowing Championships. Coffey was in the winning Cambridge crew of The Boat Race 2018.

Life

Coffey was born in 1989 in Elmira, New York. She first competed at rowing whilst at Phillips Academy in 2005. She was a member of the rowing team in her first year at Harvard University. She graduated in 2011. She took sixth in the 2016 rowing championship which qualified her to be the alternate in the US rowing team at the 2016 Olympics.[1]

Coffey became a student at Cambridge University and was a member of the winning women's boat race in 2018.[2]

She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Olivia Coffey '11 Sports The Harvard Crimson. www.thecrimson.com. en. March 25, 2018.
  2. News: Meet the Cambridge women's crew for the Boat Race 2018. Street. Tim. March 24, 2018. cambridgenews. March 25, 2018.
  3. Web site: OlympicTalk. 2021-06-17. U.S. Olympic team roster: Athletes qualified for Tokyo Games. 2021-06-17. OlympicTalk NBC Sports. en-US.