Taylor Ritzel Explained

Taylor Ritzel
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Taylor Ritzel (born September 4, 1988 in Aurora, Colorado)[1] is an American rower who was part of the United States women's eight team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The team won an Olympic gold medal.[2] She has also been part of the women's eight world championship winning team twice, in 2010 and 2011.[3] [4]

Ritzel started rowing at Yale University,[5] from which she graduated in 2010.[6] While at Yale, she won the I Eight event three times at the NCAA Championships (2007, 2008, 2010). Taylor is currently working in Beverly Hills in nonfiction series content acquisition at Netflix.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: US rowing. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120711064739/http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/TaylorRitzel.aspx. July 11, 2012. mdy-all.
  2. Web site: Taylor Ritzel helps U.S. women's eight to gold in rowing. August 2, 2012.
  3. Web site: 2010 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Karapiro, NZL – (W8+) Women's Eight – Final. November 7, 2010. www.worldrowing.com. en-US. September 8, 2017.
  4. Web site: 2011 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Bled, SLO -(W8+) Women's Eight – Final. September 2, 2011. www.worldrowing.com. en-US. September 8, 2017.
  5. Web site: Taylor Ritzel of Larkspur makes U.S. Olympic rowing team. June 22, 2012.
  6. Web site: Yale Daily News. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120816231345/http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2012/jun/11/olympics-fourth-eli-punches-ticket-london/. August 16, 2012. mdy-all.

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