National Rowing Hall of Fame Inductees Announced

The names of eighteen National Rowing Hall of Fame inductees were unveiled Saturday, October 17 at the National Team Alumni Reception at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, Mass.

Members of the 2004 Olympic men’s eight that won gold in Athens were inducted, including coxswain Peter Cipollone, Bryan Volpenhein, Beau Hoopman, Daniel Beery, Matthew Deakin, Joseph Hansen, Chris Ahrens, Wyatt Allen and Jason Read. In addition, University of California – Berkeley Men’s Head Coach and former USRowing Men’s Head Coach Mike Teti was inducted.

Seven individual athletes were honored including two-time Olympic medalists Karen Kraft Rigsby, Missy Schwen Ryan and Anne Marden, world champion Amy Fuller, two-time Olympic silver medalist Tom Bohrer, the late Andy Sudduth, a two-time Olympian and silver medalist in the men’s eight and nine-time U.S. national team sculler Jim Dietz.

In addition, Anita DeFrantz was inducted as a Patron in recognition of extraordinary service to the sport of rowing. A bronze medalist in the women’s eight at the 1976 Olympic Games, DeFrantz is a member of the International Olympic Committee and Development Commission Chair of FISA.

Induction ceremonies will be held March 20-21, 2010 at the National Rowing Hall of Fame in Mystic Seaport, Conn. For more information, contact Hart Perry at the National Rowing Foundation at 860-535-0634 or natrowing@comcast.net. A complete list of members of the National Rowing Hall of Fame can be found at http://www.natrowing.org/halloffame.htm.

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