Taylor Ritzel

Personal information

Born

September 4, 1988 (age 28)
Aurora, Colorado

Medal record

Women's rowing
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
	2012 London	Women's eight
World Championships
	2010 Karapiro	W8+
	2011 Lake Bled	W8+

Taylor Ritzel (born September 4, 1988 in Aurora, Colorado)^[1] is an American rower who was part of the United States women's eights team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The team won an Olympic gold medal.^[2] Ritzel started rowing at Yale University,^[3] from which she graduated in 2010.^[4] While at Yale, she won the I Eight event three times at the NCAA Championships (2007, 2008, 2010). Taylor is currently working in Beverly Hills, CA

References

Olympic Champions in Women's coxed eight

1976: Ahrenholz, Ebert, Goretzki, Kallies, Knetsch, Lehmann, Müller, Richter, Wilke (GDR)

1980: Boesler, Knetsch, Lohs, Metze, Neisser, Richter, Sandig, Schütz, Wilke (GDR)

1984: Beard, Bower, Flanagan, Graves, Keeler, Metcalf, Norelius, O'Steen, Thorsness (USA)

1988: Balthasar, Haacker, Kluge, Neunast, Schröer, Stange, Strauch, Wild, Zeidler (GDR)

1992: Barnes, Crawford, Delehanty, Heddle, McBean, Monroe, Taylor, Thompson, Worthington (CAN)

1996: Cochelea, Gafencu, Georgescu, Ignat, Lipă, Olteanu, Popescu, Spîrcu, Tănase (ROU)

2000: Cochelea, Damian, Dumitrache, Gafencu, Georgescu, Ignat, Lipă, Olteanu, Susanu (ROU)

2004: Bărăscu, Damian, Florea, Gafencu, Georgescu, Ignat, Lipă, Papuc, Susanu (ROU)

2008: Cafaro, Shoop, Goodale, Logan, Cummins, Francia, Lind, Davies, Whipple (USA)

2012: Cafaro, Francia, Lofgren, Ritzel, Musnicki, Logan, Lind, Davies, Whipple (USA)

2016: Regan, Simmonds, Polk, Schmetterling, Gobbo, Musnicki, Logan, Elmore, Snyder (USA)

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