Grace Luczak (Fattal) (born May 24, 1989 in

Royal Oak, Michigan Royal Oak is a city in Oakland County, Michigan, Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Metro Detroit, Detroit, Royal Oak is located roughly north of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 cens ...

) is an American

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Life

Luczak was a member of the USA Olympic rowing team in 2016 and 2020. She has set two World Records, including the current record in the Women’s 8+ boat. She is a three-time World Champion and multiple World Cup medalist. She was recognized as one of the Top 10 Rowers in the world by World Rowing. She began rowing at Pioneer High School in Michigan. From there, she attended Stanford University, competing from 2008 through 2011. The women's rowing team won the NCAA Championship in 2009, with Luczak in the winning Varsity 8+. In 2023, she was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame. In 2015 Luczak,

Kristine O'Brien Kristine O'Brien (born October 3, 1991) is an American rower. In 2015 O'Brien, Adrienne Martelli, Grace Latz and Grace Luczak took the gold medal in the coxless four at the 2015 World Rowing Championships. O'Brien and her twin sister were rais ...

, Adrienne Martelli and

Grace Latz Grace Latz (born February 21, 1988) is an American rower, Olympian, artist, and announcer. Career Rowing Latz started rowing as a walk-on athlete at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As a member of Badger women's rowing, she won a Big Ten ...

took the gold medal in the

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at the

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. In the 2016 Summer Olympics, Luczak and Felice Mueller, rowing in the Women's Coxless Pairs, finished fourth. In the 2020 Summer Olympics, Luczak and three other rowers finished 7th in the Women's Coxless Four event. Luczak married Michael Fattal in 2022.

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at US Rowing * * * * 1989 births Living people American female rowers Sportspeople from Royal Oak, Michigan World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States Olympic rowers for the United States Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Stanford Cardinal women's rowers Michigan Wolverines women's rowers 21st-century American sportswomen {{US-rowing-bio-stub