Nicholas Rusher
{{Short description|American rower (born 1999)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}
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Oriel College, Oxford
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Nicholas "Nick" Rusher (born June 10, 1999) is an American rower. He represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career
Rusher made his international debut for the United States at the 2022 World Rowing Championships, and finished in fourth place in the men's eight.{{cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.com/profiles/nick-rusher |title=Nick Rusher |website=teamusa.com |access-date=August 3, 2024}}
Rusher represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the men's eight, with a time of 5:25.28.{{cite web|url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/08/03/west-bends-nick-rusher-wins-bronze-medal-with-usa-rowing/74657661007/ |title=West Bend's Nick Rusher wins bronze medal with Team USA rowing in men's eights |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |first=JR |last=Radcliffe |date=August 3, 2024 |access-date=August 3, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/08/03/team-usa-rowing-mens-eight-bronze/74643306007/ |title=Team USA rowing men's eight takes bronze medal at Paris Olympics |newspaper=USA Today |first=Chase |last=Goodbread |date=August 3, 2024 |access-date=August 3, 2024}}
Personal life
Rusher was born to Jack Rusher and Cynthia Eckert. His parents rowed in the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics, and met while on the national team.{{cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.com/profiles/nick-rusher |title=Nick Rusher |website=teamusa.com |access-date=August 3, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.row2k.com/worlds/features/2022/9255/rodriguez-rusher-sons-in-parents-footsteps/ |title=Rodriguez & Rusher: Sons in Parents' Footsteps |website=row2k.com |date=September 20, 2022 |access-date=August 3, 2024}} His sister, Alison, is also an Olympic rower.{{cite web|url=https://www.wpr.org/news/wisconsin-family-sends-fourth-rower-to-the-olympics |title=Wisconsin family sends fourth rower to the Olympics |website=wpr.org |first=Tim |last=Peterson |date=July 29, 2024 |access-date=August 3, 2024}}
References
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External links
- {{FISA|55488|Nicholas Rusher}}
- {{Team USA|new_id=nick-rusher}}
- [https://yalebulldogs.com/sports/mens-crew/roster/nick-rusher/17801 Yale Bulldogs bio]
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Category:Rowers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in rowing
Category:21st-century American sportsmen
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