Michelle Guerette (born October 6, 1980) is an American

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who competed in the Women's Quadruple Sculls event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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. In the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Guerette earned a Silver Medal in Women's Single Sculls, finishing less than half a second behind the winner, Rumyana Neykova. After competing in the 2004 Olympics, she embarked on a solo career, and was the first pick for the U.S. team at the 2005

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in Gifu, Japan, at which she placed third in the women's single sculls. The next year she placed fifth at the 2006 Championships in Eton,

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. She finished third again in 2007 in

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. She was born in Hartford, Connecticut, raised in

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. She graduated from

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in 2002.

References

Guerette Finds Silver

External links

U.S. Rowing bio
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