Mimi Kellogg (born December 30, 1953) is an American rower. Kellogg attended

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

and was co-captain of the women's rowing team. She graduated from Princeton with a degree in aeronautical engineering in 1976. She later graduated from

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

with a master's degree in aerospace engineering in 1978. She competed in the debut women's coxed four event at the

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, in which her crew placed 6th. The crew of the first US women's coxed four which competed in Montreal was Pam Behrens, Cathy Menges,

Nancy Storrs Nancy Storrs (March 24, 1950 – September 8, 2023) was an American rower. She competed in the women's coxed four event at the 1976 Summer Olympics, the first Olympics to include women’s rowing, as well as being named to the boycotted 1980 O ...

, and

Judy Geer Judy Geer (born July 11, 1953) is an American rower. She competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an inter ...

, coxed by Mimi Kellogg. Kellogg is regarded as the first woman to cross an Olympic finish line in the sport of rowing, as the shell raced was bow-loaded.

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* 1953 births Living people American female rowers Olympic rowers of the United States Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from New York City Princeton University alumni 21st-century American women {{US-rowing-bio-stub