Regina Salmons

{{Short description|American rower (born 1997)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2022}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Regina Salmons

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| nationality = American

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|4|21}}

| birth_place = Methuen, Massachusetts

| education = University of Pennsylvania

| height = {{height|ft=6|in=1}}

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| collegeteam = Penn Quakers

| olympics = Tokyo 2020 W8+

Paris 2024 W8+

| other_interests = Poetry

| country = United States

| sport = Rowing

| event = Women's eight

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's rowing}}

{{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}}

{{MedalComp|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2023 Belgrade|Eight}}

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Regina Salmons OLY ({{IPAc-en|r|ə|ˈ|dʒ|iː|n|ə|_|ˈ|s|æ|l|m|ən|z}} {{Respell|rə|JEE|nə|_|SAL|mənz}}; born April 21, 1997){{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/regina-salmons_1944758|title=SALMONS Regina|date=2025 |access-date=13 January 2025}} is an American rower and two-time Olympian.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/147230 |title=Regina Salmons |work=Olympedia |access-date=July 26, 2021}} She competed in the women's eight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics{{cite web |title=Rowing – Heat 2 Results |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/rowing/results-women-s-eight-heat-000200-.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726121229/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/rowing/results-women-s-eight-heat-000200-.htm |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |work=Tokyo 2020}} and the women’s eight event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web |title=SALMONS Regina |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/regina-salmons_1944758 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730135707/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/regina-salmons_1944758 |archive-date=July 30, 2024 |access-date=August 8, 2024 |website=Olympics.com}} She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2018,{{Cite web |title=Alumna Regina Salmons selected to USRowing Olympic team |url=https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/alumna-regina-salmons-selected-usrowing-olympic-team |access-date=May 5, 2022 |website=Penn Today |date=June 7, 2021 |language=en}} where she earned honors for her thesis in creative writing{{Cite web |title=KWH-TV reruns |url=http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/multimedia/tv/reruns/watch/226984 |access-date=May 5, 2022 |website=writing.upenn.edu}} and served as editor-in-chief of a feminist literary magazine on campus.{{Cite web |title=Regina Salmons – 2019 – Senior National Team |url=https://usrowing.org/sports/senior-national-team/roster/regina-salmons/939|access-date=May 5, 2022 |website=USRowing |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201111012/https://usrowing.org/sports/senior-national-team/roster/regina-salmons/939 |archive-date=February 1, 2024 |language=en}}

As a collegiate athlete, Salmons was a senior captain and rowed on Penn's Varsity Eight team, which placed third at the 2018 Ivy League Championships. That same year, she earned first-team All Ivy and Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) All-Conference recognition.{{Cite web |title=OLYMPIAN: Regina Salmons C'18, Rowing, U.S. (Women's Eight) |url=https://pennathletics.com/news/2021/6/4/womens-rowing-salmons-selected-to-usrowing-olympic-team-in-womens-eight.aspx |access-date=May 5, 2022 |website=University of Pennsylvania Athletics |date=June 4, 2021 |language=en}} With US Rowing, she finished fifth at the 2019 World Rowing Cup II, and won gold in the 2018 World Rowing Under 23 Championships in the pair. She also earned gold in the four and eight at the 2016 World Rowing Under 23 Championships.