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United States 2004 Olympic Team Roster
USRowing announced its 2004 Olympic Team roster on Wednesday afternoon. The squad will compete at the 2004 Olympic Games from August 14-22 in Athens, Greece.
The roster includes 15 past Olympians including three-time Olympian Laurel Korholz as well as two-time Olympians Chris Ahrens, Pete Cipollone, Jennifer Devine, Hilary Gehman, Sarah Jones, Wolf Moser, Lianne Nelson, Henry Nuzum, Greg Ruckman, Kelly Salchow, Paul Teti, Steve Tucker, Bryan Volpenhein, and Mike Wherley. All 45 team members have past world championships’ experience and have combined to win 59 medals at the worlds.
Fourteen events will be contested at this year’s Olympic Games with the U.S. racing in 12. The U.S. is entered in the women’s single sculls, men’s double sculls, lightweight men’s double sculls, lightweight women’s double sculls, men’s quadruple sculls, women’s quadruple sculls, men’s pair, women’s pair, men’s four, lightweight men’s four, men’s eight, and women’s eight. The U.S. did not qualify boats in the men’s single sculls or women’s double sculls.
At the 2000 Olympic Games, the U.S. won three medals including a silver in the men’s pair, a bronze in the women’s pair, and a bronze in the lightweight women’s double sculls.
| 2004 Olympic Roster |
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| Name | Birth | Ht. | Wt. | Hometown | Affiliation |
| Women's Single Sculls (W1x) |
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| Jennifer Devine | 12/19/68 | 5'8" | 152 | Seattle, Wash. | Pocock Rowing Center/Fremont Area Rowing |
| Men's Double Sculls (M2x) |
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| Henry Nuzum | 3/4/77 | 6'2" | 210 | Chapel Hill, N.C. | Princeton TC |
| Aquil Abdullah | 6/20/73 | 6'1" | 185 | Washington, D.C. | Princeton TC |
| Men's Lightweight Double Sculls (LM2x) |
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| Greg Ruckman | 12/30/73 | 6'1" | 155 | Cincinnati, Ohio | Princeton TC |
| Steve Tucker | 3/4/69 | 5'8" | 153 | Mooresville, Ind. | N/A |
| Women's Lightweight Double Sculls (LW2x) |
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| Stacey Borgman | 4/23/75 | 5'9" | 130 | Homer, Alaska | Princeton TC |
| Lisa Schlenker | 10/7/64 | 5'6" | 130 | Lake Oswego, Ore. | New York AC |
| Men's Quadruple Sculls (M4x) |
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| Kent Smack | 3/1/75 | 6'5" | 195 | Clinton, N.J. | Princeton TC/Riverside |
| J. Sloan DuRoss | 10/23/76 | 6'6" | 210 | South Portland, Maine | Saugatuck RC |
| Brett Wilkinson | 5/2/76 | 6'5" | 190 | Hyde Park, N.Y. | PTC/Potomac BC |
| Ben Holbrook | 4/20/74 | 6'2" | 195 | Hartland, Wis. | Princeton TC |
| Women's Quadruple Sculls (W4x) |
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| Danika Holbrook | 9/15/72 | 5'8" | 150 | Durham, N.H. | Princeton TC |
| Kelly Salchow | 10/5/73 | 5'9" | 160 | Cincinnati, Ohio | Princeton TC |
| Hilary Gehman | 8/15/71 | 5'8" | 160 | Wolfeboro, N.H. | Princeton TC |
| Michelle Guerette | 10/6/80 | 5'11" | 175 | Bristol, Conn. | Princeton TC |
| Men's Pair (M2-) |
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| Artour Samsonov | 9/9/80 | 6'2" | 185 | Stoneham, Mass. | Harvard Univ. BC |
| Luke Walton | 5/29/79 | 6'3" | 180 | Poway, Calif. | Harvard Univ. BC |
| Women's Pair (W2-) |
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| Kate MacKenzie | 4/10/75 | 5'10" | 168 | Novi, Mich. | New York AC |
| Sarah Jones | 8/26/73 | 5'9" | 155 | Stanwood, Wash. | Princeton TC |
| Men's Four (M4-) |
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| Wolf Moser | 12/3/74 | 6'6" | 210 | Moultonboro, N.H. | Princeton TC |
| Jamie Schroeder | 9/9/81 | 6'8" | 229 | Wilmette, Ill. | Princeton TC |
| Mike Wherley | 3/15/72 | 6'7" | 215 | Sun Prairie, Wis. | Princeton TC |
| Garrett Klugh | 11/18/74 | 6'3" | 205 | Los Angeles, Calif. | Princeton TC |
| Men's Lightweight Four (LM4-) |
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| Steve Warner | 5/24/78 | 6'3" | 160 | Livonia, Mich. | Princeton TC |
| Pat Todd | 11/14/79 | 5'11" | 154 | Cincinnati, Ohio | Princeton TC |
| Matt Smith | 12/20/77 | 6'0" | 160 | Woodbridge, Va. | US Army |
| Paul Teti | 2/5/77 | 6'0" | 160 | Upper Darby, Pa. | Princeton TC |
| Men's Eight (M8+) |
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| Pete Cipollone | 2/5/71 | 5'1" | 120 | Ardmore, Pa. | Princeton TC/NYAC |
| Bryan Volpenhein | 8/18/76 | 6'3" | 215 | Cincinnati, Ohio | Princeton TC |
| Beau Hoopman | 10/1/80 | 6'4" | 185 | Plymouth, Wis. | Princeton TC |
| Dan Beery | 1/4/75 | 6'7" | 215 | Oaktown, Ind. | Penn AC |
| Matt Deakin | 5/20/80 | 6'4" | 200 | San Francisco, Calif. | Princeton TC |
| Joseph Hansen | 8/13/79 | 6'6" | 210 | Bakersfield, Calif. | Princeton TC |
| Chris Ahrens | 7/24/76 | 6'5" | 215 | Milwaukee, Wis. | Princeton TC/NYAC |
| Wyatt Allen | 1/11/79 | 6'4" | 210 | Portland, Maine | Princeton TC |
| Jason Read | 12/24/77 | 6'1" | 180 | Ringoes, N.J. | Princeton TC |
| Women's Eight (W8+) |
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| Mary Whipple | 5/10/80 | 5'3" | 105 | Sacramento, Calif. | Princeton TC |
| Lianne Nelson | 6/15/72 | 5'10" | 155 | Seattle, Wash. | Princeton TC |
| Anna Mickelson | 3/21/80 | 6'0" | 175 | Bellevue, Wash. | Princeton TC |
| Laurel Korholz | 6/10/70 | 6'2" | 170 | La Jolla, Calif. | Princeton TC |
| Caryn Davies | 4/14/82 | 6'4" | 185 | Ithaca, N.Y. | Princeton TC/Radcliffe |
| Alison Cox | 6/5/79 | 6'0" | 182 | Turlock, Calif. | Princeton TC |
| Megan Dirkmaat | 5/3/76 | 6'1" | 175 | San Jose, Calif. | Princeton TC |
| Sam Magee | 7/10/83 | 6'0" | 181 | Simsbury, Conn. | Princeton TC/Stanford U. |
| Kate Johnson | 12/18/78 | 5'10" | 165 | Portland, Ore. | Princeton TC |
| Men's and Women's Spares |
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| Mike Altman | 8/21/75 | 6'0" | 160 | Marin County, Calif. | Princeton TC/Marin RA |
| Michael Callahan | 2/24/74 | 6'2" | 185 | Arlington, Va. | Princeton TC |
| Simon Carcagno | 3/22/76 | 6'1" | 160 | Pennington, N.J. | Princeton TC/NYAC |
| Sarah Hirst | 3/24/77 | 5'7" | 128 | Oak Ridge, Tenn. | Pocock Rowing Center |
| Chris Liwski | 4/21/80 | 6'7" | 218 | Sarasota, Fla. | Princeton TC |
| Liane Malcos | 3/25/78 | 5'11" | 155 | Carlisle, Mass. | Princeton TC |
| Erik Miller | 3/6/74 | 6'4" | 160 | Renton, Wash. | Princeton TC/MLARC |
| Laura Rauchfuss | 7/7/75 | 5'9" | 160 | Riverside, Conn. | Princeton TC |
| Maite Urtasun | 1/16/77 | 6'0" | 185 | Riverside, N.J. | Princeton TC |
| Dan Walsh | 5/31/79 | 6'7" | 215 | Norwalk, Conn. | Princeton TC/Gentle Giant |
| USRowing National Team Coaches |
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| Name | Hometown | Residence |
| Tom Terhaar, Women's Head Coach | Buffalo, N.Y. | New York, N.Y. |
| Mike Teti, Men's Head Coach | Upper Darby, Pa. | Princeton, N.J. |
| USRowing National Team Assistant Coaches |
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| Matt Imes, Assistant Coach | La Crosse, Wis. | Princeton, N.J. |
| Kris Korzeniowski, National Coach | Wilno, Poland | Princeton, N.J. |
| Chris Nilsson, Men's Assistant Coach | Te Awanga, N. Zealand | Princeton N.J. |
| Chris Wilson, Women's Assistant Coach | St. Catharines, Ontario | Princeton, N.J. |
| Additional 2004 Olympic Coaching Staff |
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| Name | Affiliation |
| Charley Butt | Harvard University |
| Lori Dauphiny | Princeton University |
| Cameron Kiosoglous | Potomac Boat Club |
| Emil Kossev | Pocock Elite |
| Bill Manning | Harvard University |
| Ted Nash | Penn AC |
| Susan Parkman | Pocock Rowing Center/Lakeside School/Willamette Rowing Club |
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