Katelin Guregian
Personal information
Birth nameKatelin Snyder
NationalityAmerican
Born (1987-08-16) August 16, 1987 (age 36)
Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Weight110 lb (50 kg)
SpouseNareg Guregian
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportRowing
EventEight
College teamUniversity of Washington
ClubUSRowing Training Center – Princeton
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro W8+ ((2020 Tokyo|W8+))
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Poznań W8+
Gold medal – first place 2013 Chungju W8+
Gold medal – first place 2014 Amsterdam W8+
Gold medal – first place 2015 Aiguebelette W8+
Gold medal – first place 2018 Plovdiv W8+
Gold medal – first place 2019 Long Beach 2019 USRowing Indoor Championships- Women’s Open Lightweight
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Ottensheim W8+
U23 World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Glasgow W8+
Gold medal – first place 2006 Hazewinkel W8+

Katelin Guregian (née Snyder; August 16, 1987 in Nashua, New Hampshire) is an American national rowing team coxswain. She is a five-time world champion and an Olympic gold medallist.

She attended Winter Park High School[1] and rowed for Winter Park Crew.

She coxed the University of Washington men's eight in college to multiple victories, and has since moved on to the international level.[2][3] She coxed the US Women's 8+ to a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2013, Snyder coxed the U.S. Women's eight to a world record of 5:54.16 at the Rowing World Cup III in Lucerne, Switzerland.[4]

She has qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]

Competitive history

Senior

Year Event Women's 8+ Men's 8+
2013 World Rowing Cup III 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2014 World Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Rowing Cup II 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2015 World Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Rowing Cup II 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2016 Olympic Games 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Rowing Cup II 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2017 World Championships 4th

Private life

Snyder met her future husband, Nareg Guregian, during the summer of 2013 at a training camp. They got engaged in 2015 and married towards the end of 2016.[6][7] Snyder adopted dog Olly, December 22, 2018.

References

  1. ^ "Winter Park graduate earns gold for Team USA in rowing". Orlandosentinel.com. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  2. ^ "Katelin Snyder". Usrowing.org. Archived from the original on April 19, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  3. ^ "A Cox Out of Water: Katelin Snyder, US Women's National Team – (row2k features)". Row2k.com. January 19, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  4. ^ "Katelin Guregian – USRowing". Usrowing.org. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  5. ^ OlympicTalk (June 17, 2021). "U.S. Olympic team roster: Athletes qualified for Tokyo Games". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  6. ^ Price, Karen (July 20, 2016). "Trip To Rio Precedes Wedding Bells For These Engaged Olympic Rowers". United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on July 24, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  7. ^ Tufnell, Benedict (January 16, 2018). "Q&A: Katelin Guregian". Row 360. Retrieved September 16, 2018.

External links


Olympic champions – Women's coxed eight
World champions – Women's eight
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