Margot Shumway (born August 2, 1979) is an American rower. She was born in

Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ; colloquially nicknamed Cincy) is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Settled in 1788, the city is located on the northern side of the confluence of the Licking River (Kentucky), Licking and Ohio Ri ...

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. She competed at the

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in Beijing, where she place fifth in quadruple sculls. She competed in double sculls together with

Sarah Trowbridge Sarah Trowbridge (born September 27, 1982) is an American rower. She began rowing in high school in Guilford, Connecticut and won two Big 10 championships at the University of Michigan. She joined the U.S. national team in 2008. She qualified ...

at the

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in London, where they placed sixth.

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* 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Cincinnati American female rowers Olympic rowers for the United States Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in rowing Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 21st-century American sportswomen {{US-rowing-bio-stub