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Fiona Murtagh (rower)
Fiona Murtagh (; born 11 July 1995) is an Irish rowing (sport), rower. She competed in the Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless four, women's coxless four event at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal. Murtagh attended Fordham University from 2012 to 2016 on a rowing scholarship. Along with her team-mates, she was named as the Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman for July 2021. References External links * Fiona Murtagh at Rowing Ireland 1995 births Living people Irish female rowers Olympic rowers for Ireland Fordham Rams athletes College women's rowers in the United States Sportspeople from Galway (city) Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Olympic bronze medalists for Ireland Alumni of the University of Galway Rowers at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century Irish sportswomen {{Ireland-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowing (sport)
Rowing, often called crew American English, in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using Oar (sport rowing), oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using Rowlock, rowlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is divided into two disciplines: sculling and sweep rowing. In sculling, each rower (or oarsman) holds two oars, one in each hand, while in sweep rowing each rower holds one oar with both hands. There are several boat classes in which athletes may compete, ranging from single sculls, occupied by one person, to shells with eight rowers and a coxswain (rowing), coxswain, called eight (rowing), eights. There are a wide variety of course types and formats of racing, but most elite and championship level racing is conducted on calm water courses long with several lanes marked using buoys. Modern rowing as a competitive sport can be traced to the early 17th century whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
