Taylor Ritzel

Taylor Ritzel (born September 4, 1988 in Aurora, Colorado)[1] is an American rower who was part of the United States women's eight team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The team won an Olympic gold medal.[2] She has also been part of the women's eight world championship winning team twice, in 2010 and 2011.[3][4]

Taylor Ritzel

Personal information
Born	September 4, 1988 (1988-09-04) (age 31) Aurora, Colorado
Medal record Women's rowing Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2012 London Women's eight World Championships 2010 Karapiro W8+ 2011 Lake Bled W8+

Ritzel started rowing at Yale University,[5] from which she graduated in 2010.[6] While at Yale, she won the I Eight event three times at the NCAA Championships (2007, 2008, 2010). Taylor is currently working in Beverly Hills in nonfiction series content acquisition at Netflix.

References

1. "US rowing". Archived from the original on July 11, 2012.
2. "Taylor Ritzel helps U.S. women's eight to gold in rowing". August 2, 2012.
3. "2010 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Karapiro, NZL – (W8+) Women's Eight – Final". www.worldrowing.com. November 7, 2010. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
4. "2011 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Bled, SLO -(W8+) Women's Eight – Final". www.worldrowing.com. September 2, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
5. "Taylor Ritzel of Larkspur makes U.S. Olympic rowing team". June 22, 2012.
6. "Yale Daily News". Archived from the original on August 16, 2012.