| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women'srowing | ||
Representingthe United States | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1984 Los Angeles | Eight |
| World Championships | ||
 | 1987 Copenhagen | Eight |
Harriet Morris "Holly" Metcalf (born March 25, 1958) is a six-time USA national/ Olympic team member inwomen's rowing, who won a gold medal inrowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics for thewomen's eight.
Metcalf received her B.A. in Music and English fromMount Holyoke College in 1981[1] and a masters in risk and prevention and a certificate of advanced study in human development and psychology fromHarvard University.[2]
Between 1981 and 1987, she won three silver and one bronzeWorld Championship medals. She won an Olympic gold medal in the U.S. women's eight in 1984.[1] She is currently the founder and executive director of the Row As One Institute,[3] the original purpose of which was to serve masters women rowers. As director of Row As One, she founded G-ROW Boston, a rowing program for girls in the Boston public schools.[4] G-ROW, which also incorporates academics and relationship-building, is now a program of Community Rowing, Inc. She also founded WeCanRow (Women Enduring Cancer Row), a program for women breast cancer survivors. Founded in Boston in 2002, WeCanRow now has chapters around the U.S.[5] In 2007, Metcalf was hired as head coach for theMIT women's openweight crew.[2]
She was a panelist at the 2003 National Gay and Lesbian Athletics Conference inCambridge,Massachusetts, on a panel ofLGBT Olympians that also included swimmerMark Tewksbury and high jumperBrian Marshall.[6]
Metcalf isopenlylesbian.[7] Holly now works as a coach for MIT rowing.[3]
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