Meghan Musnicki
{{short description|American rower}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Meghan Musnicki
| image =
| nationality = American
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|2|5}}
| birth_place = Naples, New York, U.S.
| education = Ithaca College
| height = 5 ft 11 in
| weight = 175 lbs
| country = United States
| sport = Rowing
| event = Eight
| club =
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's rowing }}
{{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}}
{{MedalCount|total=yes
|Olympic Games|2|0|0
|World Championships|5|0|1}}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold|2012 London|W8+}}
{{MedalGold|2016 Rio de Janeiro|W8+}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2010 Karapiro|W8+}}
{{MedalGold|2011 Lake Bled|W8+}}
{{MedalGold|2013 Chungju|W8+}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Amsterdam|W8+}}
{{MedalGold|2015 Aiguebelette|W8+}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Ottensheim|W8+}}
}}
Meghan Musnicki ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|ˈ|s|n|ɪ|k|i}} {{respell|mə|SNIK|ee}}; born February 5, 1983){{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/meghan-musnicki_1944734 |title=MUSNICKI Meghan |work=Paris 2024 Olympics |access-date=August 11, 2024}} is an American rower. She is a five-time world champion and twice Olympic champion. She has competed at three Olympics, twice winning gold in the women's eight at the London 2012 and Rio 2016. She has represented at World Rowing Championships six times, all in the W8+, winning gold five times and bronze on one occasion.
She attended Naples Central School District in Naples, New York, and was a guest speaker at the Naples Central School Graduation in 2013, the year after she won her first Olympic gold medal.
Musnicki is a 2005 graduate of Ithaca College.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ithaca.edu/news/releases/meghan-musnicki-05-selected-to-row-in-olympics-41795/ |title=Ithaca College Graduate, Meghan Musnicki '05, Selected to Row in Olympics – IC News – Ithaca College |website=www.ithaca.edu |access-date=August 17, 2016}}
Musnicki qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web |last=OlympicTalk |date=June 17, 2021 |title=U.S. Olympic team roster: Athletes qualified for Tokyo Games |url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/06/17/tokyo-olympics-team-usa-athlete-roster/ |access-date=June 17, 2021 |website=OlympicTalk {{!}} NBC Sports|language=en-US}} She rowed in the seven seat of the US women's eight which finished in overall fourth place.
At the Henley Royal Regatta in 2022 Musnicki teamed up with Australian Olympian Jessica Morrison and went through to win the final of the Hambleden Pairs Challenge Cup over the British crew racing as Leander.[https://rowingaustralia.com.au/2022/07/04/four-final-wins-for-the-aussies-at-henley-royal-regatta-finals/ Henley 2022]
References
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External links
- {{World Rowing}}
- [https://usrowing.org/rosters/2024-olympic/meghan-musnicki Meghan Musnicki] at USRowing ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160620043513/http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/MeghanMusnicki archive June 20, 2016])
- {{Team USA|new_id=meghan-musnicki-827623|old_id=MU/Meghan-Musnicki|archive=20220824071823}}
- {{Olympics.com}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Official website|https://meghanmusnicki.com/}}
{{Olympic champions – Women's eight}}
{{World champions – Women's eight}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Musnicki, Meghan}}
Category:American female rowers
Category:Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in rowing
Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:People from Naples, New York
Category:World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States
Category:St. Lawrence Saints athletes
Category:Ithaca College alumni
Category:College women's rowers in the United States