Megan Cooke
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Megan Cooke is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 rower
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...

. She competed at the 2007 Lucerne World Cup and 2007 Lintz World Cup. She won silver medals in coxless pairs at Lucerne and Lintz. She competed at the 2006 Lucerne World Cup in the coxless pairs. She won a gold medal with partner 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...

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Megan competed in the FISA
International Rowing Federation
The Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron, or FISA for short, is the International Rowing Federation which is the governing body for international Rowing. Its current president is Denis Oswald...

 World Rowing Championships
World Rowing Championships
The World Rowing Championships is an international rowing regatta organized by FISA . It is a week long event held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer and in non-Olympic years is the highlight of the international rowing calendar.The first event was held in Lucerne, Switzerland in 1962...

 in Eton, United Kingdom. She helped her team win a gold medal with a world best time of 5:55.50.

After finishing rowing for the US National team, Cooke was hired as an assistant coach for the University of Wisconsin Badgers. She works primarily with the novices, who have been particularly strong in the past, winning 2 of the last 3 NCAA South/Central Championships in the Novice 8.

Megan attended the University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...

 at Berkeley
Berkeley, California
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