Mary "Molly" Reckford (born October 9, 1992) 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 ...

. She competed in the women's lightweight double sculls event at both the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

in Tokyo and the

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in Paris. Reckford was raised in the Short Hills section of

Millburn, New Jersey Millburn is a suburban Township (New Jersey), township in southwestern Essex County, New Jersey, Essex County, within the U.S. state of New Jersey, and part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's ...

. She attended

The Hudson School The Hudson School is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational day school located in Hoboken, New Jersey, serving students in PreK-3 through twelfth grades. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Co ...

Phillips Exeter Academy Phillips Exeter Academy (often called Exeter or PEA) is an Independent school, independent, co-educational, college-preparatory school in Exeter, New Hampshire. Established in 1781, it is America's sixth-oldest boarding school and educates an es ...

, and

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College ( ) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, Dartmouth is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the America ...

. She is the granddaughter of Olympian Bill Spencer, niece of

Jonathan Reckford Jonathan T. M. Reckford is an American businessman and chief executive officer of Habitat for Humanity International. In 2017, ''The NonProfit Times'' named him the most influential nonprofit leader in America. Early life Reckford grew up in Cha ...

, and great-granddaughter of U.S. Representative

Millicent Fenwick Millicent Vernon Fenwick (née Hammond; February 25, 1910 – September 16, 1992) was an American fashion editor, politician, and diplomat. A four-term Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey, she was reno ...

. She is an

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Dartmouth Big Green bio
* 1992 births Living people 21st-century American sportswomen American Episcopalians American female rowers Dartmouth Big Green women's rowers Olympic rowers for the United States Sportspeople from Millburn, New Jersey Phillips Exeter Academy alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics The Hudson School alumni World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States Rowers at the 2024 Summer Olympics {{US-rowing-bio-stub