Mary Rebecca Whipple (born May 10, 1980, in

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, United States) is an

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. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She won a gold medal in women's eight at both competitions. She also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics where she won a silver medal. As a

, Whipple stands and weighs in at . As a freshman at the

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, Mary coxed the women's varsity four to a national title in 1999. She coxed the varsity eight to victory at the Henley Royal Regatta in 2000, taking home the first-ever Henley Prize, while also coxing them to a silver medal in the NCAA championships as part of a second-place finish in the team standings that year. In 2001 and 2002, Mary coxed the varsity eight to back-to-back NCAA championships, and the Huskies also took home the team title in 2001. Mary has an identical twin sister Sarah Jeanine Whipple. Sarah was an assistant coach for Women's Crew at the

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and is now the Varsity Women's Hea
Coach at Capital Crew
in Sacramento, California and has led the team to severa
US Rowing
Regional and National Championship regattas.

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* Living people American female rowers Olympic gold medalists for the United States in rowing Olympic silver medalists for the United States in rowing Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics 1980 births Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Coxswains (rowing) World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States Sportspeople from Sacramento, California {{US-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub

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