Caroline Lind (born October 11, 1982) is an American

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

, and is a two-time

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gold

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. At the end of 2014 she was ranked #1 female rower by

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Rowing career

Lind won gold in the Women's eight for the US in the 2012 Olympics and 2008 Olympics. She has been a member of the W8+ boat in World competitions since 2006. At the

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, Lind won a gold medal as a member of the

women's eight An eight, abbreviated as an 8+, is a racing shell used in competitive rowing (crew). It is designed for eight rowers, who propel the boat with sweep oars, and is steered by a coxswain, or "cox". Each of the eight rowers has one oar. The rowers ...

team. It was the first gold medal for the American women's eight team since 1984. Four years later at the

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, Lind again won gold as a member of the

team. She has won World Championship titles in 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2014 in the Women's eight. In 2014, Lind with her W8+ teammates from 2008 Olympics was inducted into the US Rowing Hall of Fame. In 2014, Lind was named Athlete of the Year by the

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. She featured in an article by the

(FISA) on how the pain barrier is broken in competitive rowing.

Education and background

Lind graduated from

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in 2002. In 2003, she became a national

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, at

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She graduated from

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in 2006 with an A.B. in anthropology after completing a 202-page senior thesis, titled "Flow in Rowing", under the supervision of Carolyn M. Rouse. At Princeton, Lind received the C. Otto von Kienbusch Sportswoman of the Year Award, given to a Princeton senior woman of high scholastic rank who has demonstrated general proficiency in athletics and qualities of a true sportswoman, as well as the Carol P. Brown Senior Woman Award by her Princeton teammates for being a source of inspiration, dedication, and perseverance in pursuit of excellence. Lind pursued an

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with an accounting concentration at

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, in Lawrenceville,

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, graduating in December 2010.

References

External links

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Caroline Lind
at US Rowing (archived November 4, 2012) * * *
Lind Consulting

Visualizing the Perfect Race
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Rowing career

Education and background

See also

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