Jeannine Gmelin (born 20 June 1990) is a Swiss competitive

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is ...

. She competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

, in the women's single sculls, and went on to win the 2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's single sculls.

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* 1990 births Living people Swiss female rowers Olympic rowers of Switzerland Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Switzerland European Rowing Championships medalists People from Uster Sportspeople from the canton of Zürich 21st-century Swiss women {{Switzerland-rowing-bio-stub