Caroline Lind (born October 11, 1982) is an American

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, and is a two-time

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gold

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. At the end of 2014 she was ranked the #1 female rower by

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Rowing career

Lind won gold in the Women's eight for the US in the 2012 Olympics and 2008 Olympics. She has been a member of the W8+ boat in World competitions since 2006. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, Lind won a gold medal as a member of the

women's eight An eight is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing (crew). It is designed for eight rowers, who propel the boat with sweep oars, and is steered by a coxswain, or "cox". Each of the eight rowers has one oar. The rowers, who sit ...

team. It was the first gold medal for the American women's eight team since 1984. Four years later at the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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, Lind again won gold as a member of the

team. She has won World Championship titles in 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2014 in the Women's eight. In 2014, Lind with her W8+ teammates from 2008 Olympics was inducted into the US Rowing Hall of Fame. In 2014, Lind was named Athlete of the Year by the

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. She featured in an article by the

(FISA) on how the pain barrier is broken in competitive rowing.

Education and background

Lind graduated from Phillips Academy in 2002. In 2003, she became a national debutante, at The National Debutante Cotillion and Thanksgiving Ball in

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She graduated from

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in 2006 with an A.B. in anthropology after completing a 202-page senior thesis, titled "Flow in Rowing", under the supervision of Carolyn M. Rouse. At Princeton, Lind received the C. Otto von Kienbusch Sportswoman of the Year Award, given to a Princeton senior woman of high scholastic rank who has demonstrated general proficiency in athletics and qualities of a true sportswoman, as well as the Carol P. Brown Senior Woman Award by her Princeton teammates for being a source of inspiration, dedication, and perseverance in pursuit of excellence. Lind pursued an

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with an accounting concentration at

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, in Lawrenceville,

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, graduating in December 2010.

References

External links

Lind Consulting
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Caroline Lind
– National Team rower profile at

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Visualizing the Perfect Race
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Rowing career

Education and background

See also

References

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