Sarah Trowbridge (born September 27, 1982, Washington, DC) is an American

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 began rowing in high school in

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and won two Big 10 championships at the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

. She joined the U.S. national team in 2008. She qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's double sculls with partner

Margot Shumway Margot Shumway (born August 2, 1979) is an American rower. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she place fifth in quadruple sculls. She competed in double sculls together with Sarah Trowbr ...

. They finished 6th in the finals.Women's Double sculls
, London 2012, accessed August 3, 2012 In August 2017, she was named head coach of the women’s rowing team at the University of San Diego. Trowbridge graduated in 2006 from the University of Michigan with a degree in English.

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NBC Connecticut 1982 births Living people University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni American female rowers Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for the United States Sportspeople from Washington, D.C. World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States Rowers at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in rowing Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in rowing San Diego Toreros coaches 21st-century American women {{US-rowing-bio-stub