Meghan Musnicki

Personal information

Nationality

American

Born

February 5, 1983 (age 41)
Naples, New York, United States

Education

Height

5 ft 11 in (180 cm)

Weight

175 lb (79 kg)

Sport

Country

United States

Sport

Event

Eight

Medal record

Women’s rowing

Representing the

Event	1st	2nd	3rd
Olympic Games	2	0	0
World Championships	5	0	1
Total	7	0	1

2016 Rio de Janeiro

World Championships

W8+

W8+

W8+

W8+

2015 Aiguebelette

W8+

2019 Ottensheim

Meghan Musnicki (born February 5, 1983, in Naples, New York) is an American representative rower. She is a five-time world champion and twice Olympic champion. She has competed at three Olympics, twice winning gold in the women's eight at the London 2012 and Rio 2016. She has represented at World Rowing Championships six times, all in the W8+, winning gold five times and bronze on one occasion.

She attended Naples Central School District in Naples, NY, and was a guest speaker at the Naples Central School Graduation in 2013, the year after she won her first Olympic gold medal.

Musnicki is a 2005 graduate of Ithaca College.^[1]

Musnicki qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[2] She rowed in the seven seat of the US women's eight which finished in overall fourth place.

At the Henley Royal Regatta in 2022 Musnicki teamed up with Australian Olympian Jessica Morrison and went through to win the final of the Hambleden Pairs Challenge Cup over the British crew racing as Leander.^[3]

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Olympic champions – Women's coxed eight

Olympic champions – Women's coxed eight

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

1980: Boesler, Köpke, Kühn, 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: Cochela, Gafencu, Georgescu, Ignat, Lipă, Olteanu, Popescu, Spîrcu, Tănase (ROU)

2000: Cochela, 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)

2020: Roman, Gruchalla-Wesierski, Roper, Proske, Grainger, Mailey, Payne, Wasteneys, Kit (CAN)

World champions – Women's eight

World champions – Women's eight

1974: (Dobler, Lehmann, Richter, Schwede, Ahrenholz, Müller, Blanke, Mosig, cox Brincker)
1975: (Goretzki, Knetsch, Richter, Schwede, Kallies, Neu, Nitsche, Mosig, cox Wilke)
1977: (Bügel, Steindorf, Lohs, Neisser, Sandig, Kurth, Schwede, Metze, cox Heß)
1978: (Yermakova, Paziun, Antoniuk, Bunjak, Dergatchenko, Umanets, Tereshina, Pivovarova, cox Frolova)
1979: (Antoniuk, Bunjak, Dergatchenko, Yermakova, Paziun, Tereshina, Umanets, Pivovarova, cox Frolova)
1981: (Baltutite, Teterina, Tereshina, Yatsenko, Makushkina, Shvetsova, Umanets, Paziun, cox Frolova)
1982: (Makushkina, Konopleva, Umanets, Tereshina, Yatsenko, Studneva, Doligaida, Stone, cox Frolova)
1983: (Stone, Averyanova, Konopleva, Studneva, Umanets, Tereshina, Yatsenko, Makushkina, cox Khokhlova)
1985: (Pukhayeva, Zakyrova, Tereshina, Suprun, Znak, Teterina, Yatsenko, Averyanova, cox Khokhlova)
1986: (Tereshina, Suprun, Sakirova, Pukhayeva, Znak, Teterina, Averyanova, Tsessiunaite, cox Khokhlova)
1987: (Vîrlan, Trașcă, Țicanu, Arba, Chelariu, Necula, Homeghi, Toader, cox Oancia)
1989: (Bălan, Curelea, Tănase, Soare, Chelariu, Neculai, Leonte, Armășescu, cox Oancia)
1990: (Șnep, Bobeică, Burcică, Cochela, Curela, Oprea, Popescu, Ciucanu-Robu, cox Nedelcu)
1991: (Barnes, Delehanty, Doey, Heddle, Mahon, McBean, Monroe, Taylor, cox Thompson)
1993: (Alupei, Bobeică, Cochela, Doroftei, Ignat, Neculai, Olteanu, Tănase, cox Ilie)
1994: (Haacker, Klapheck, Schmidt, Martin, Pyritz, Rehaag, Wagner, Werremeier, cox Schnell)
1995: (Dore, Fallon, Fuller, Kakela, Korholz, E. McCagg, M. McCagg, Tranel-Michini, cox Farooq)
1997: (Damian, Susanu, Olteanu, Cazac, Gafencu, Cochela, Ignat, Tănase, cox Georgescu)
1998: (Cazac, Cochela, Damian, Dumitrache, Gafencu, Ignat, Olteanu, Susanu, cox Georgescu)
1999: (Damian, Dumitrache, Ignat, Olteanu, Popescu, Spîrcu, Susanu, Bărăscu, cox Georgescu)
2001: (Winter, Lutz, Wilson, Robinson, Martin, Sattin, Roberts, Larsen, cox Bilson)
2002: (Johnson, Peirce, Davies, Urtasun, Marten, Cox, Mickelson, Mackenzie, cox Whipple)
2003: (Hipler, Pyritz, Tucholke, Holthaus, Schmidt, Zimmermann, Günther, Wech, cox Ruppel)
2005: (Outhwaite, Selby Smith, Mills, Hornsey, Martin, Chew, Frasca, Heard, cox Patrick)
2006: (Sickler, Cooke, Goodale, Shoop, Mickelson, Francia, Lind, Davies, cox Whipple)
2007: (Sickler, Shoop, Goodale, Magee, Mickelson, Francia, Lind, Davies, cox Whipple)
2009: (Cafaro, Allen, Larsen-Strecker, Francia, Goodale, Shoop, Lind, Glessner, cox Snyder)
2010: (Goodale, Polk, Redman, Ritzel, Lofgren, Logan, Musnicki, Glessner, cox Whipple)
2011: (Lofgren, Francia, Musnicki, Ritzel, Redman, Polk, Lind, Logan, cox Whipple)
2013: (Polk, Simmonds, Regan, Schmetterling, Luczak, Musnicki, Opitz, Lind, cox Snyder)
2014: (Opitz, Musnicki, Polk, Schmetterling, Luczak, Lind, Logan, Robbins, cox Snyder)
2015: (Opitz, Musnicki, Polk, Schmetterling, Regan, Simmonds, Gobbo, Robbins, cox Snyder)
2017: (Vrînceanu, Bejinariu, Petrilă, Popa, Bereș, Tîlvescu, Boguș, Oprea, cox Druncea)
2018: (O'Brien, Mueller, Opitz, Doonan, Moffat, Eisser, Regan, Coffey, cox Guregian)
2019: (Greenslade, Dyke, Spoors, Bevan, Prendergast, Williams, Ross, Gowler, cox Shepherd)
2022: (Rusu, Buhuș, Ailincăi, Tivodariu, M. Bereș, A. Bereș, Vrînceanu, Radiș, cox Petreanu)
2023: (Rusu, Anghel, Adam, Buhuș, M. Bereș, Tivodariu, Vrînceanu, A. Bereș, cox Petreanu)

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