Anna Goodale

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|March 18, 1983}}

| birth_place = Montville, Maine, U.S.

| hometown = Camden, Maine, U.S.

| alma_mater = Syracuse University

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| country = United States

| sport = Rowing

| collegeteam = Syracuse Orange (2001–2005)

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Anna P. Goodale (born March 18, 1983) is an American rower. She has rowed on four world championship U.S. women’s eight crews

and competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in women's eight.{{cite Sports-Reference}}

Early life and education

Anna Goodale was born to Martha Derbyshire and Nat Goodale in Montville, Maine. She spent most of her time on a sheep farm and was homeschooled until age nine.{{cite book |last1=Griffin |first1=Nancy |title=Maine's Greatest Athletes |date=2021 |publisher=Down East Books |isbn=978-1-60893-741-7 |page=34 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X78TEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA34 |access-date=29 December 2022 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Anna Goodale: Olympic Gold comes from growing up in Maine |url=https://maineinsights.com/anna-goodale-olympic-gold-comes-from-growing-up-in-maine/ |access-date=29 December 2022 |work=Maine Insights Newsmagazine |date=15 June 2020 |language=en}} Goodale is a great-great-granddaughter of James H. Smith Jr. and Pauline Sabin and of Yale athlete Tom Shevlin.{{Cite video | people = Sean Mulcahy, Morgan Paige, Francesca Iacovangelo, and Anna Goodale | title = Rowing with Anna Goodale and the US National Team | medium = youtube video | publisher = PressPass TV | location = Princeton, New Jersey | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m4E2cRTmp0 | date = July 23, 2007 }} She attended Camden Hills Regional High School and graduated from Syracuse University in 2005.{{cite web |title=Anna Goodale - Rowing |url=https://cuse.com/sports/rowing/roster/anna-goodale/2705 |publisher=Syracuse University Athletics |language=en}} She studied illustration at Syracuse and is skilled in using a range of mediums, with a focus on watercolor and pastel.{{cite web |title=Anna Goodale |url=https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/coach/anna-goodale/ |website=Ohio State Buckeyes |access-date=29 December 2022 |date=18 May 2018}} She also enjoys playing the viola.{{cite journal |last1=Pepperman |first1=Jess |title=Magic Eight |journal=Rowing News |date=March 2007 |page=54 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H0sEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54 |access-date=29 December 2022 |language=en}}

Career

=College=

At Syracuse, Goodale was a member of the varsity eight team and received various awards and honors for her rowing achievements, including being named three time Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association All-American, earning first team distinctions in 2003 and 2005, and a second team honor in 2004.{{cite news |title=Goodale Strikes Gold Again |url=https://cuse.com/news/2009/9/1/WROW_0901095808 |access-date=29 December 2022 |work=Syracuse University Athletics |date=September 1, 2009 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Anna Goodale Speaks to Rowing Teams |url=https://cuse.com/news/2009/4/17/WROW_0417091719 |access-date=29 December 2022 |work=Syracuse University Athletics |language=en}}

Beginning as a walk-on,{{cite news |last1=Morelli |first1=Marie |title=Rower went from SU walk-on to gold medalist |url=https://www.syracuse.com/news/2008/08/rower_went_from_su_walkon_to_g.html |access-date=29 December 2022 |work=Syracuse Post-Standard |date=18 August 2008 |language=en}} by senior year, she had become the team captain and won the Soladay Award, the most prestigious award given to a student-athlete by Syracuse Athletics.{{cite web |title=Soladay Award |url=https://cuse.com/sports/2014/8/5/academics_0805140812.aspx |website=Syracuse University Athletics |access-date=29 December 2022 |language=en}}{{cite report |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/suathletics.com/documents/2006/2/21/Tennis%20Media%20Guide%202005-06.pdf |title=Tennis Media Guide 2005-06 |last1=Cook |first1=Kristyn |date= |publisher=cuse.com |page=26 |access-date=29 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230233342/https://s3.amazonaws.com/suathletics.com/documents/2006/2/21/Tennis%20Media%20Guide%202005-06.pdf |archive-date=2022-12-30}}

=Olympics=

Goodale joined the United States National Women's Rowing Team in 2005. At the international level, she has won gold in the eight event multiple times at the World Rowing Championships, World Rowing Cup, and the Olympic Games.{{cite news |title=World Rowing - Athletes in Poznan: Anna Goodale |url=https://worldrowing.com/2012/01/24/athletes-in-poznan-anna-goodale/ |access-date=30 December 2022 |work=World Rowing |date=24 January 2012 |language=en}} She has also placed in the pair event at various Rowing World Cup stops, won silver in the eight at the 2006 World Rowing Cup in Lucerne, and won the Remenham Cup at the 2006 Henley Royal Regatta. She has also finished in the top 4 in the eight event at the 2005 World Rowing Championships. She won a gold medal in women's eight at the 2008 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |title=Anna GOODALE |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/anna-goodale |publisher=olympics.com |access-date=30 December 2022}}{{cite magazine |title=Anna Goodale's Guide to Watching Rowing |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/anna-goodales-guide-to-watching-rowing-7983820/ |access-date=30 December 2022 |magazine=Smithsonian Magazine |date=July 26, 2012 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Bombatch |first1=John |title=Olympic Day a hit at Eastwood |url=https://www.fairborndailyherald.com/sports/9186/olympic-day-a-hit-at-eastwood |access-date=29 December 2022 |work=Fairborn Daily Herald |date=28 June 2016}}

Goodale has had a successful career in national rowing competitions. She has placed in the top four in several pair events, including finishing fourth at the 2010 National Selection Regatta #3 and sixth at the 2010 National Selection Regatta #2. In addition, Goodale has also had several notable finishes in the championship eight event, including winning gold at the 2006, 2005, and 2009 Head of the Charles Regattas, and coming in second place at the 2009 USRowing National Championships. Goodale has also had success in other events, such as winning silver in the four at the 2007 USRowing National Championships and finishing second in the four at the 2004 U.S. Senior and Junior World Championship Trials.

Goodale announced in June 2011 that she was officially retired from rowing and planned to move to Ecuador with her father.{{Cite web |url=http://www.aroundtherings.com/articles/view.aspx?id=37362 |title=Around the Rings |access-date=July 1, 2011 |archive-date=April 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405081949/http://www.aroundtherings.com/articles/view.aspx?id=37362 |url-status=dead }}

=Coaching=

In 2014, Goodale spent the 2014-15 school year as an assistant coach for the rowing team at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. During the 2015 NCAA Championships, the Gonzaga Bulldogs achieved their best-ever team finish of 17th place.

Goodale served as the assistant coach and the head novice coach for Ohio State University's Women's Rowing Team from Fall 2015 until 2019.{{cite news |last1=Harvey |first1=George |title=Anna Goodale shares life experiences, rowing knowledge as Ohio State University coach |url=https://www.penbaypilot.com/article/anna-goodale-shares-life-experiences-rowing-knowledge-ohio-state-university-coach/110920 |access-date=29 December 2022 |work=PenBay Pilot |date=December 12, 2018 |language=en}}

Since 2019, she has served as the head coach and executive director of the Megunticook Rowing club in Camden, Maine.{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Zack |title=Olympic gold medalist Goodale brings wealth of knowledge, experience to role |url=https://knox.villagesoup.com/2019/12/05/olympic-gold-medalist-goodale-brings-wealth-of-knowledge-experience-to-role-1842099/ |access-date=29 December 2022 |work=Knox County VillageSoup |date=5 December 2019}}{{cite news |title=Megunticook Rowing appoints former Olympian Anna Goodale as executive director |url=https://www.penbaypilot.com/article/megunticook-rowing-appoints-former-olympian-anna-goodale-executive-director/126689 |access-date=30 December 2022 |work=PenBay Pilot |date=November 6, 2019 |language=en}}

Honors

She was inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame in 2015 and the Midcoast Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.{{cite news |last1=Waltz |first1=Ken |title=Lofty achievement: Goodale rows into enshrinement |url=https://knox.villagesoup.com/2014/05/07/lofty-achievement-goodale-rows-into-enshrinement-1179107/ |work=Knox County VillageSoup |date=7 May 2014}}{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Anna Goodale of Camden inducted into Maine Sports Hall of Fame |url=https://www.penbaypilot.com/article/anna-goodale-camden-inducted-maine-sports-hall-fame/51285 |access-date=29 December 2022 |work=PenBay Pilot |date=April 14, 2015 |language=en}}

She was the first women to have her number retired at Syracuse — along with basketball legend Felisha Legette-Jack and lacrosse player Katie Rowan Thomson.{{cite news |last1=Enslin |first1=Rob |title=50 Years of 'Cuse Women's Athletics |url=https://www.syracuse.edu/stories/50-years-cuse-womens-athletics/ |access-date=29 December 2022 |work=syracuse.edu |date=February 9, 2022 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Bailey |first1=Stephen |title=Syracuse announces first 3 women's jersey honorees: Felisha Legette-Jack, Anna Goodale, Katie Rowan Thomson |url=https://247sports.com/college/syracuse/Article/Syracuse-womens-athletics-jersey-honorees-Felisha-Legette-Jack-Anna-Goodale-Katie-Rowan-Thomson-168989265/ |access-date=30 December 2022 |work=247Sports |date=August 11, 2021}}

Personal life

Goodale is married to Wes Walker, who was an assistant volleyball coach at Eastern Washington University. She has two sons.{{cite news |last1=Lowe |first1=Mike |title=Family ties pull Olympic gold medalist back to Maine |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2021/05/09/family-ties-pull-olympic-gold-medalist-back-to-maine/ |access-date=29 December 2022 |work=Portland Press Herald |date=9 May 2021}}