Kate Johnson
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Kate Johnson (born 18 December 1978 in Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...

) is an American rower who won a silver medal at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games in the women's eight. Johnson and her team won gold at the World Cup Championships in Munich and Lucerne in 2004 prior to competing at the Olympic games. At the FISA World Rowing Championships in 2002, Johnson won the gold medal and World Championship title in the women's eight. Johnson competed on nine US National Rowing Teams during her career making her first international team at age 15.

See also

  • Rowing (sport)
    Rowing (sport)
    Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

  • Caryn Davies
    Caryn Davies
    Caryn Davies is an American rower. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in women's eight as the stroke seat. At the 2004 Olympic Games she won a silver medal...

  • Mary Whipple
    Mary Whipple
    Mary Whipple is an American coxswain. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in women's eight, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics where she won a silver medal. As a coxswain, Whipple stands 5'3" and weighs in at 108 lbs.Mary has a twin sister Sarah...

  • Anna Mickelson
    Anna Mickelson
    Anna Cummins is an American rower who won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the women's eight...

  • Laurel Korholz
    Laurel Korholz
    Laurel Korholz is the Assistant Women's Coach for the United States Rowing Team. As a coach, Korholz coached the US Women's Double at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The Beijing Olympics was the fourth Olympics she attended; her first as a coach...


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