Sara Hendershot (born April 27, 1988) is an American rower from West Simsbury, CT, who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's pair with Sarah Zelenka. Sara played soccer and

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in high school, but began rowing full-time in college at

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. She was named a Division I First-Team All-American her junior and senior years of college. Sara won the gold medal in the women's eight at the 2010

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. She also won gold in the four at the 2011 World Rowing Championships. Sara qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics after winning the women's pair with Sarah Zelenka at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials. On July 28, 2012 Sara qualified for the Olympic finals after recording a time of 6:59.29 in the preliminaries. In the finals, Sara's pair came in fourth with a time of 7:30.39.

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American female rowers Olympic rowers for the United States Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers from Boston Princeton University alumni 1988 births Living people World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States 21st-century American women {{US-rowing-bio-stub

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