Tracy Eisser (born November 20, 1989) 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 ...

who was selected to compete as part of the United States team at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She won the gold medal in the

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s at the

2015 World Rowing Championships The 2015 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 30 August to 6 September 2015 at Lac d'Aiguebelette, Aiguebelette in France. Description The annual week-long rowing regatta was organized by FISA (the In ...

. Eisser grew up in

Fair Lawn, New Jersey Fair Lawn is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, and a bedroom suburb located northwest of New York City. As of the 2020 United States Census, the borough’s population was 34,940, which constituted a 7.7% increase from ...

and attended

Fair Lawn High School Fair Lawn High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades, located in Fair Lawn, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Fair Lawn Pu ...

, where she competed in the high jump and

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.Sullivan, Tara
"Sullivan: Fair Lawn high jumper takes unlikely road to Rio Games as rower"
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'', July 18, 2016. Accessed July 19, 2016. "In other words, quite a leap from those high jump and long jump meets Eisser used to dominate for Fair Lawn High School’s Cutters." She graduated from

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to ...

in 2012.

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* * * * 1989 births Living people American female rowers Cornell University alumni Fair Lawn High School alumni People from Fair Lawn, New Jersey Sportspeople from Bergen County, New Jersey World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for the United States Cornell Big Red rowers 21st-century American women {{US-rowing-bio-stub