Anne Marden (born June 12, 1958) is a

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from the United States. She was born in

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Early competition

Anne started rowing at Phillips Exeter Academy in the spring of 1974 age 15. She rowed at

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where she met up with coach Kris Korzeniowski in 1977 and developed a love for sculling despite being caught in a serious hailstorm in

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. After Kris Korzeniowski (1977–1981), Anne was coached by Jean Pierre Leroux of

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(1985–1988) and by Hartmut Buschbacher of Germany (1991–1992). Anne trained on the

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in France in 1985 and from 1986 to 1993 rowed mainly on the Tideway in

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, England as well as the Wallingford stretch of the

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. After 18 months in France to study for an

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at INSEAD (Dec 1985 – April 1986), Anne moved to London in May 1986. By the time her rowing career came to an end in 1993 she had won the women's championship single at Boston's

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7 times (1986–1993 with 1990 skipped owing to late world championships in

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Olympian

Marden qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but was unable to compete due to the

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. She did however receive one of 461

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created especially for the spurned athletes. She competed for the United States in the

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held in

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in the quadruple sculls event where she finished in second place. At the

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held in

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she finished in second place in the single sculls event. Four years later in the

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she missed out on a third medal finishing fourth in the single sculls.

Career

When she competed for the US Olympic Rowing team in Seoul and Barcelona she was living in the

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and working for

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/London.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marden, Anne 1958 births Living people Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in rowing American female rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States Rowers at the 1983 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in rowing Congressional Gold Medal recipients 20th-century American sportswomen Phillips Exeter Academy alumni INSEAD alumni Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games JPMorgan Chase people

Early competition

Olympian

Career

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