Amanda Elmore

{{short description|American rower}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2015}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Amanda Elmore

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|March 13, 1991}}

| birth_place = West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

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{{MedalSport|Women's rowing}}

{{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Rio de Janeiro | W8+}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Aiguebelette|W4x}}

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Amanda Elmore (born March 13, 1991) is an American rower. She won the gold medal in the quad sculls at the 2015 World Rowing Championships and won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Woman's eight.{{cite web | url=http://www.usrowing.org/pressbox/athletebios/amandaelmore | title=Amanda Elmore | website=US Rowing | access-date=April 3, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620195851/http://www.usrowing.org/pressbox/athletebios/amandaelmore | archive-date=June 20, 2016 | url-status=dead }} Elmore graduated from Harrison High School in West Lafayette, Indiana in 2009, and earned a biology degree from Purdue University in 2013.{{cite news|last1=King|first1=Sam|title=Harrison, Purdue grad makes U.S. Olympic rowing team|url=http://www.jconline.com/story/sports/2016/06/20/harrison-purdue-grad-makes-us-olympic-rowing-team/86164832/|access-date=27 March 2017|date=20 June 2016}} She then studied at the University of Michigan, graduating with Ph.D. in 2014.{{Cite web |title=Elmore Earns Olympic Gold with U.S. Rowing Women's Eight |url=https://mgoblue.com/news/2016/8/13/elmore_earns_olympic_gold_with_u_s_rowing_women_s_eight |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=University of Michigan Athletics |language=en}}

She is the granddaughter of William Cronk Elmore.{{cite web|title=Elmore Genealogy|last1=Elmore|first1=David|url=http://davidelmore.com/ElmoreGenealogy.php|website=davidelmore.com|access-date=12 June 2017}}