Wendy Tripician ( Campanella, born July 19, 1974) is an American lightweight rower. Campanella was born in 1974 in Needham, a suburb of

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. She received her education at

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, from where she graduated in 1996 with an under-graduate degree, and in 2002 with a graduate degree in health studies. She competed, under her maiden name, at the

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, Spain with the lightweight squad scull and won bronze. In 2002, Nicholas Tripician was also part of the US National Team, and they would later marry. At the

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, Austria, she won a bronze medal with the lightweight squad scull.

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1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Needham, Massachusetts American female rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States Simmons University alumni Rowers at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in rowing 21st-century American women {{US-rowing-bio-stub