Mary Whipple

Mary Rebecca Whipple (born May 10, 1980, in Sacramento, California, United States) is an American coxswain famous for winning a gold medal in women's eight at the 2012 Summer Olympics and at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics where she won a silver medal. As a coxswain, Whipple stands 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) and weighs in at 108 lb (49 kg).^[2]

Mary Whipple

Personal information
Birth name	Mary Rebecca Whipple[1]
Born	(1980-05-10) May 10, 1980 (age 44) Sacramento, California, U.S.
Medal record Women's rowing Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Women's eight 2012 London Women's eight 2004 Athens Women's eight World Championships 2002 Seville Women's eight 2006 Eton Women's eight 2007 Munich Women's eight 2010 Karapiro Women's eight 2011 Lake Bled Women's eight

As a freshman at the University of Washington, Mary coxed the women's varsity four to a national title in 1999. She coxed the varsity eight to victory at the Henley Royal Regatta in 2000, taking home the first-ever Henley Prize, while also coxing them to a silver medal in the NCAA championships as part of a second-place finish in the team standings that year. In 2001 and 2002, Mary coxed the varsity eight to back-to-back NCAA championships, and the Huskies also took home the team title in 2001.

Mary has an identical twin sister Sarah Jeanine Whipple. Sarah was an assistant coach for Women's Crew at the University of California at Berkeley^[3] and is now the Varsity Women's Head Coach at Capital Crew in Sacramento, California and has led the team to several US Rowing Regional and National Championship regattas.