Sherry Cassuto (January 24, 1957 – April 29, 2016) was 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 di ...

. She competed in the women's quadruple sculls event at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

. At the

1989 Maccabiah Games The 13th Maccabiah Games brought 4,500 athletes to Israel from 45 nations. Jewish athletes from Hungary participated for the first time since World War II, Jewish athletes from Russia had been permitted, by their country, to play for the first ti ...

in Israel, Cassuto won the single sculls crew event. She identifies as

lesbian A lesbian is a Homosexuality, homosexual woman.Zimmerman, p. 453. The word is also used for women in relation to their sexual identity or sexual behavior, regardless of sexual orientation, or as an adjective to characterize or associate n ...

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* 1957 births 2016 deaths American female rowers Olympic rowers for the United States Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Brooklyn 21st-century American women Competitors at the 1969 Maccabiah Games Maccabiah Games gold medalists for the United States Maccabiah Games medalists {{US-rowing-bio-stub LGBT rowers American LGBT sportspeople