Lauren McFall
{{short description|American synchronized swimmer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Lauren McFall Gardner
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|February 9, 1980}}
| birth_place = Sacramento, California, U.S.
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{{MedalSport | Women's synchronized swimming }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}
{{MedalBronze | 2004 Athens | Team }}
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Lauren Gardner (nee McFall) (born February 9, 1980) represented America in synchronized swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She was the team captain and won a bronze medal in the team competition.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/lauren-mcfall-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418070726/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/lauren-mcfall-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Lauren McFall |accessdate=January 9, 2011 }}
Early life
Gardner was born in Sacramento, California. She attended Los Altos High School then Columbia University in New York, School of General Studies.{{Cite web |url=https://gs.columbia.edu/lauren-mcfall-profile |title=Lauren McFall |last= |first= |date= |website=Columbia University in the City of New York |publisher= |access-date=August 1, 2016}} She studied from 2005 to 2008 and was awarded a BA with majors in political science and international relations.{{Cite web |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-mcfall-3810075 |title=Lauren McFall |last= |first= |date= |website=Linkedin |publisher= |access-date=August 1, 2016}}
Work
Gardner has worked for a number of companies in the area of electronic processing in the financial field, specifically for fixed income and also other specific financial contracts. Since December 2015 has held the position of Head of Business Development for EBS/BrokerTec- an electronic execution venue for Foreign Exchange and US Treasuries.{{Cite web |url=http://www.valcomnews.com/?p=19561 |title=Olympic Day set for June 6 (June 1 2016) |last= |first= |date= |website=Valley Community Newspapers |publisher= |access-date=August 1, 2016}}
Volunteer work
She is a supporter of Asphalt Green and The Big Swim since 2002.{{Cite web |url=https://issuu.com/asphaltgreen/docs/big_swim_2015_journal |title=The Big Swim 2015 pge 12 |last= |first= |date= |website=ISSUU |publisher= |access-date=August 1, 2016}}
Olympic Day 2016 for children 5-12 where former Olympians explain how the ideals of the Olympics have helped shape their lives.
Personal life
She is married to Gabriel Gardner, gold medalist in men's indoor volleyball from the 2008 Beijing Olympics. They have four children, two from Gabriel's previous marriage, and live in California.
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Category:Sportspeople from Sacramento, California
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in synchronized swimming
Category:American synchronized swimmers
Category:Synchronized swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Columbia University School of General Studies alumni
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