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Marcus McElhenney

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American rower (born 1981)

Marcus McElhenney
Personal information
BornJuly 27, 1981 (1981-07-27) (age 44)

Marcus McElhenney (born July 27, 1981) is an Americancoxswain and attorney. He won a bronze medal in themen's eight at the2008 Summer Olympics,[1] before a career in law and politics.

Life and career

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McElhenney first competed internationally in 2001, representing the United States in Linz, Austria at the Nations' Cup (Under 23 World Championships) where he coxed the men's eight to a silver medal. McElhenney was invited to try out for the 2002 Under 23 World Championship team.

His first major international success at the senior/Olympic level came at the2003 World Rowing Championships inMilan where he won a gold medal in the coxed four event. A year later at the2004 World Rowing Championships, he won a bronze medal in the same event. At2005 World Rowing Championships he coxed both the eights and fours, winning a gold and a silver medal respectively, the first US athlete to have earned two medals at the same World Rowing Championships. In 2007 won both the eights and coxed fours at the 2007USRowing championships.

McElhenney grew up inDelaware County, Pennsylvania, and graduated fromTemple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is the cousin of actorRob Mac.

He served as principal architect of the coxswain curriculum at Sparks Rowing, asocial business that provides the largest amount of coxswain specific programming in the world.[2] McElhenney graduated from the University of San Francisco School of law, and he currently practices law in California.

Competitive history

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Senior

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YearEventWomen's 8+Men's 8+Men's 4+Men's 2+
2003World Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)
Eon Hanse Canal Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Head of the Charles Regatta1st place, gold medalist(s)
2004World Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Eon Hanse Canal Cup3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2005World Championships13rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Eon Hanse Canal Cup3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2006World Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Eon Hanse Canal Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)
2007U.S. Rowing Club & Elite National Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2008Olympic Games3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2009World Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)
U.S. Rowing Club & Elite National Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)
2011Pan American Games1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

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  1. ^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill; et al."Marcus McElhenney".Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.Sports Reference LLC. Archived fromthe original on December 3, 2016.
  2. ^"About Us". Sparks Consulting. Archived fromthe original on August 20, 2012. RetrievedAugust 31, 2012.

External links

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World champions – Men'scoxed pair
World champions – Men'scoxed four
World champions – Men'seight
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