Brett Newlin

{{short description|American rower}}

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Brett Newlin (born March 24, 1982, in Mission Viejo, California) is an American rower, who competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. He grew up in Riverton, Wyoming[http://archive.usrowing.org/pressbox/athletebios/brettnewlin http://archive.usrowing.org/pressbox/athletebios/brettnewlin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118035305/http://archive.usrowing.org/pressbox/athletebios/brettnewlin |date=November 18, 2018 }} Retrieved 2018-11-17. and began college at Michigan State University, but transferred to the University of Washington in January 2003 as a sophomore and rowed in the UW V8+ that spring as the Huskies won their first Pac-10 Championship since 1997 and took silver at the IRA regatta.{{cite web |title=Player Bio |url=http://www.gohuskies.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30200&ATCLID=208219753 |website=GoHuskies.com}} He repeated both results in 2004.{{cite web | title=2000–2006 |url=http://huskycrew.com/2000.htm |website=Husky Crew}} He graduated from UW in 2005.

Newlin has been a member of eight USRowing national teams. World Rowing Championships results include silver in the 4+ (2005), fourth in the 4− (2006), fourth in the 8+ (2007), 13th in the 4− (2009), sixth in the 8+ (2010), and fourth in the 4− (2011). Olympic Games results include a ninth-place finish in the 4− (2008) and fourth in the 8+ (2012).{{cite web |title=Athlete Bio |url=http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/BrettNewlin.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220012744/http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/BrettNewlin.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 20, 2011 |website=USRowing }}