Amanda Elmore (born March 13, 1991) is an American

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is di ...

. She won the gold medal in the

quad scull A quadruple sculling boat, often simply called a quad and abbreviated 4x, is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four people who propel the boat by sculling with two oars, or "sculls", one in each hand. ...

s at the

2015 World Rowing Championships The 2015 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 30 August to 6 September 2015 at Lac d'Aiguebelette, Aiguebelette in France. Description The annual week-long rowing regatta was organized by FISA (the In ...

and won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Woman's eight. Elmore graduated from

Harrison High School Harrison High School may refer to: in the United States ''(by state)'' * Harrison High School (Harrison, Arkansas), listed on the National Register of Historic Places *Harrison High School (Colorado Springs) — Colorado Springs, Colorado * Har ...

West Lafayette, Indiana West Lafayette () is a city in Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, about northwest of the state capital of Indianapolis and southeast of Chicago. West Lafayette is directly across the Wabash River from its sister ci ...

in 2009, and earned a biology degree from

Purdue University Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and ...

in 2013. She is the granddaughter of

William Cronk Elmore William Cronk Elmore (September 16, 1909 – January 23, 2003) was an American physicist, educator, and author who is best known for his work on and related to the Manhattan project during World War II and as a professor of physics at Swarthmore Co ...

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* 1991 births Living people American female rowers People from West Lafayette, Indiana World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States Purdue University alumni Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in rowing Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics 21st-century American women {{US-rowing-bio-stub