Anne Martin (born September 24, 1961) 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 competed in the

women's quadruple sculls 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. Rac ...

event at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

. After her rowing career, Martin worked as the Chief Investment Officer at

Wesleyan University Wesleyan University ( ) is a private liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church and with the support of prominent residents of Middletown, the c ...

Biography

Martin was born in 1961. She attended

Smith College Smith College is a private liberal arts women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts. It was chartered in 1871 by Sophia Smith and opened in 1875. It is the largest member of the historic Seven Sisters colleges, a group of elite women's c ...

, and took up rowing in the early 1980s during her sophomore year. She competed at the

World Rowing Championships The World Rowing Championships is an international rowing regatta organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation). It is a week-long event held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer and in non- Olympic years is the highlight of ...

from 1984 to 1987. At the 1984 and 1985 Championships, she won bronze in the

single scull A single scull (or a scull) is a rowing boat designed for a single person who propels the boat with two oars, one in each hand. Racing boats (often called "shells") are long, narrow, and broadly semi-circular in cross-section in order to mini ...

s. At the

1986 World Rowing Championships The 1986 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 17 to 24 August 1986 at Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Medal summary Looking at the open weight classes only, East Germany was the most successful nation ...

, Martin won gold in the

coxless four A coxless four is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars, without a coxswain. The crew consists of four rowers, each having one oar. There are two rowers on t ...

. After the World Championships, Martin began training for a spot on the US Olympic team. At the

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the Capital city, capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea ...

, Martin competed in the

, where the US team finished in ninth place. After her rowing career, Martin went to Stanford University earning an

MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accoun ...

. She started work in the finance sector at Alex. Brown & Sons, before moving to a private equity company in

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...

. After becoming a director at

Yale Investments Office The Yale University endowment (valued at $42.3 billion as of 2021) is the world's second-largest university endowment and has a reputation as one of the best-performing investment portfolios in American higher education. The endowment was establish ...

, Martin became the chief investment officer at

. Martin is married to

John Pescatore John Anthony Pescatore (born February 2, 1964) is an American rower. He competed in the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games for the United States as stroke of the men's eight which placed third. He later competed at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games in t ...

, who also rowed for the United States at the Olympics in 1988 and 1992, and has twin boys. She was inducted into the National Rowing Foundation's hall of fame in 1997.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Anne 1961 births Living people American female rowers Olympic rowers for the United States Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States