Shelagh Donohoe (born January 22, 1965) is an American

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rower.

Early years

Shelagh was born in

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, and attended Keith Hall, now a part of

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, from 1981 to 1985. She later attended the University of Massachusetts-Lowell from 1984 to 1988, and graduated with a B.A. in Business Administration. She was on the Varsity rowing team all four years, and in 1987, her team won Bronze at the Varsity Four at the

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Rowing career

1989–1992, Donohoe was a member of the U.S. National Rowing Team with the following achievements: * 1989

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, Yugoslavia

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. * 1990

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. Silver Medal (women's Eight). * 1991

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. Silver Medal (Coxless Fours). * 1992

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. Silver Medal (Coxless) Fours). When Donohoe, with teammates; Cindy Ekert,

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, and Amy Fuller, won the Silver in Barcelona, the August 2, 1992 Boston Globe article by John Powers reported:

BANYOLES, Spain -- Bobbing up and down at the finish, depleted and gasping, Shelagh Donohoe had no idea where her boat had finished. "I didn't know if we were first -- or fourth," the Lowell, Mass., oarswoman said yesterday morning, an Olympic silver medal around her neck. "They told us it was a photo finish." The photo was for third, between the Germans and the Chinese. There was no question about second. Donohoe and her mates in the US straight four had it nailed down from the start, when they latched onto world champion Canada and stayed within a quarter-length all the way…

Coaching career

* 1994, coached the U.S. Junior Women's National Team. * 1994–1996, assistant coach at

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and

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. * 1996 Selected to attend the

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Women Coaches Academy. From 1996 to 2006, Shelagh coached at the

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. With the following achievements: * 2004, New England Assistant Coach of the Year. Since 2006, Donohoe has been head coach of the

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women's rowing. With the following achievements: * 2007,

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Coach of the year. * 2008,

championship & coach of the year. * 2010,

championship & coach of the year.

Honors

* Shelagh was inducted into the U-Mass Lowell's Athletics Hall of Fame, 1993. * Shelagh was inducted into the Lowell catholic High School Athletics Hall of Fame.

References

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