Michelle Guerette (born October 6, 1980) is an

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who competed in the Women's Quadruple Sculls event at the

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. In the

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in Beijing, Guerette earned a Silver Medal in Women's Single Sculls, finishing less than half a second behind the winner,

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. After competing in the 2004 Olympics, she embarked on a solo career, and was the first pick for the U.S. team at the 2005

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, at which she placed third in the women's single sculls. The next year she placed fifth at the 2006 Championships in

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. She finished third again in 2007 in

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. She was born in

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, raised in

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. She graduated from

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in 2002.

References

Guerette Finds Silver

External links

U.S. Rowing bio
1980 births Living people American female rowers Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in rowing Sportspeople from Hartford, Connecticut Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Connecticut World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States Harvard University alumni Harvard Crimson rowers 21st-century American women {{US-rowing-bio-stub