Steven Coppola
{{Short description|American rower (born 1984)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Steven Coppola
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| birth_name = Douglas Steven Coppola Jr.
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|May 22, 1984}}
| birth_place = Buffalo, New York, U.S.
| education = Canisius High School
| alma_mater = Princeton University
| spouse = {{marriage|Katharine Hagler|2013||}}
| headercolor = lightsteelblue
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's rowing }}
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}
{{MedalBronze | 2008 Beijing | Eight }}
}}
Douglas Steven Coppola Jr. (born May 22, 1984, in Buffalo, New York) is an American rower. He won a bronze medal in the men's eight at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He is currently the Head Women's coach at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.
Biography
Steven Coppola was born on May 22, 1984, in Buffalo, New York, a son of Mimi Barnes-Coppola and Douglas Steven Coppola Sr.{{cite news |last1=Mallozzi |first1=Vincent M. |title=Having the Stamina to Go the Distance |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/fashion/weddings/having-the-stamina-to-go-the-distance.html |access-date=3 August 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=18 August 2013}} He attended Canisius High School, where he started rowing in 1998{{cite web |date=2008-06-27 |title=Steven Coppola |url=http://www.usrowing.org/News_Media/AthleteBios/scoppola.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214093200/http://usrowing.org/News_Media/AthleteBios/scoppola.aspx |archive-date=2007-12-14 |access-date=2009-02-16 |publisher=US Rowing}} at West Side Rowing Club's "Learn-to-Row" camp. He won multiple Scholastic National Rowing Championships. He graduated from Canisius High School in 2002. He then went on to get his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in Psychology, from which he graduated in 2006.{{cite web |url=http://rowing.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/647 |title=Steve Coppola |publisher=US Olympic Committee |access-date=2009-02-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023003453/http://rowing.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/647 |archive-date=October 23, 2008}} He also won numerous National and International titles while rowing for Princeton and in 2005 and 2006. He was a member of the Princeton varsity eight that finished second in the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships. He made his Olympic debut at the 2008 Olympic Games, rowing for the United States,{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=1325/bio/ |title=Steven Coppola |year=2008 |publisher=NBC Olympics |access-date=2009-02-16}} where he and his team won a bronze medal in the 2000-meter race with a final time of 5:25.34, which was less than 2 seconds behind first place Canada.{{cite news |url=http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/story/417374.html |title=Steve Coppola of Buffalo wins bronze medal in rowing |last=Sullivan |first=Jerry |date=18 August 2008 |publisher=Buffalo News |access-date=16 February 2009}} Coppola is the first ever athlete from Western New York's West Side Rowing Club to receive an Olympic Medal.{{cite journal|date=December 2008 |title=Canisius High School Today Magazine |journal=Canisius High School Today |publisher=Canisius High School |location=Buffalo, New York |volume=1 |issue=3 |pages=5, 6 |url=http://www.canisiushigh.org/files/filesystem/CHS%20Today%20FINAL%20(12%2025%2008).pdf |access-date=2009-02-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225025529/http://www.canisiushigh.org/files/filesystem/CHS%20Today%20FINAL%20%2812%2025%2008%29.pdf |archive-date=February 25, 2009 }}
Race results
= International Results=
| class="wikitable" border="1" |
| Year
! Race ! Event ! Place/Award ! Reference |
|---|
| 2011
| Men's Eight | 8th place |
| 2011
| Men's Eight | 3rd Place |
| 2009
| Men's Four | 13th place |
| 2009
| Men's Four | 3rd place |
| 2008
| Men's Eight | 3rd place (Bronze Medal) |
| 2007
| Men's Eight | 4th place |
| 2006
| Men's Eight | 3rd place (Bronze Medal) |
| 2005
| Men's Eight | 1st place (Gold Medal) |
| 2004
| Men's Four with Coxswain | 3rd place (Bronze Medal) |
| 2003
| Temple Challenge Cup | 1st place (Temple Challenge Cup) |
=National Results=
| class="wikitable" border="1" |
| Year
! Race ! Event ! Place/Award ! Reference |
|---|
| 2007
| U.S. National Rowing Championships | Men's Four with Coxswain | 1st place (Gold Medal) |
| 2007
| U.S. National Rowing Championships | Men's Eight | 2nd place (Silver Medal) |
| 2006
| Intercollegiate Rowing Association Men's Championships | Men's Varsity Eight | 2nd place (Silver Medal) |
| 2006
| Eastern Men's Sprints | Men's Varsity Eight | 1st place (Gold Medal) |
| 2005
| Intercollegiate Rowing Association Men's Championships | Men's Varsity Eight | 2nd place (Silver Medal) |
| 2005
| Eastern Men's Sprints | Men's Varsity Eight | 3rd place (Bronze Medal) |
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071214093200/http://usrowing.org/News_Media/AthleteBios/scoppola.aspx US Rowing Bio]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081023003453/http://rowing.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/647 US Olympic Bio]
- [http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/story/417374.html Buffalo News Article on his Bronze Medal]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080903115005/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/2/220422.shtml Athlete bio at 2008 Olympics site]
- [http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=1325/bio/ NBC Olympics Bio]
{{World champions – Men's eight}}
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Category:Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in rowing
Category:Rowers from Buffalo, New York
Category:Princeton University alumni
Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States