Kelly Anne Rickon (born October 27, 1959) is an American former competitive rower and Olympic silver medalist.
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| Full name | Kelly Anne Rickon | ||||||||||||||
| Born | October 27, 1959 (age 64) San Diego, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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Olympian edit
Rickon qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but was unable to compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. She did however receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes.[1] She was a member of the American women's quadruple sculls team that won the silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.[2]
References edit
- ^ Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry. Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kelly Rickon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
Full name: Kelly Anne Rickon (-Mitchell)
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