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Genevra Stone

Genevra Lea 'Gevvie' Stone (born July 11, 1985) is an Olympic American rower from Newton, Massachusetts.[1] She is a graduate of Princeton University and Tufts University School of Medicine.[2]

Genevra Stone
Personal information
Full nameGenevra Lea Stone
Born (1985-07-11) July 11, 1985 (age 39)
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Sport
CountryUnited States of America
SportRowing
EventWomen's single sculls
ClubCambridge Boat Club
Coached byGregg Stone
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Single sculls
World Rowing Cup
Silver medal – second place 2016 World Rowing Cup II Single sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2015 World Rowing Cup III Single sculls
Silver medal – second place 2015 World Rowing Cup II Single sculls

Biography

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Stone was born on July 11, 1985, and grew up in Newton, Massachusetts.[3] She began rowing in 2001 at the Winsor School.[4] Stone graduated from Winsor in 2003,[5] and she continued to row at Princeton University where she graduated in 2007.[6] She attended Tufts University School of Medicine while training for the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games, graduating with her M.D. in 2014.[7] She is currently an emergency medicine resident at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.[8]

Family

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Her mother, Lisa Hansen, was also an Olympic rower, competing in the women's coxed quadruple sculls at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal.[9][10] Her father, Gregg Stone, was the top U.S. single sculler in 1980 and would have been an Olympian himself if the U.S. had not boycotted the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.[11] Both of her parents were members of the U.S. National Rowing Team.[7] When Stone was in high school, her mother Lisa coached her along with her high school team at the Winsor School, and Lisa continues to be Winsor's rowing coach today. Her father Gregg is now her coach.[7]

Olympic Games

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At the 2016 Olympics (left)

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Stone won the silver medal in the single sculls.[12] She also competed in the single sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she placed 1st in Final B and 7th overall.[13] She qualified for the 2020 Olympics in the double sculls.[14]

World Championships

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In 2011, Stone placed 13th in women's single sculls at the World Rowing Cup III and 11th in the women's single sculls at the World Rowing Championships. In 2012, she placed 3rd in women's quadruple sculls at the Final Olympic Qualification Regatta and 8th in women's single sculls at the World Rowing Cup II. Two years later in 2014, Stone placed 4th in the World Rowing Championship. In 2015, she placed 2nd in the World Rowing Cup II, 3rd in the World Rowing Cup III, and 4th in the World Rowing Championships all for women's single sculls. In 2016, she placed 2nd in the World Rowing Cup II for women's single sculls before winning silver in Rio.[3]

Head of the Charles

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In 2018, Stone won the women's Championship Singles race at the Head of the Charles Regatta for the ninth time and the fifth year in a row.[15] Several years earlier in the 2002 Head of the Charles, she and her boat from the Winsor School won the women's Youth 4+. In 2005 and 2006 her Princeton boat won the women's Championship 8+ in the Head of the Charles, and in 2017 she rowed in the winning composite crew formed of international scullers.[16]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Macur, Juliet (May 11, 2016). "Rower (and Doctor) Blows Past Failure and Zika in Drive Toward Rio". The New York Times. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  2. ^ Macur, Juliet (May 11, 2016). "Rower (and Doctor) Blows Past Failure and Zika in Drive Toward Rio". The New York Times. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Gevvie Stone | USRowing - USRowing". Archived from the original on February 10, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  4. ^ "All in the Family". Head Of The Charles® Regatta. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  5. ^ "Winsor Celebrates Gevvie Stone Day". www.winsor.edu. Archived from the original on March 20, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  6. ^ "Gevvie Stone - 2019 - Senior National Team".
  7. ^ a b c "Genevra Stone". Team USA. Archived from the original on June 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  8. ^ "Genevra Stone - LinkedIn".
  9. ^ "Gevvie Stone Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  10. ^ "Lisa Hansen Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  11. ^ "Gevvie Stone's biggest supporter is her coach: Dad". espnW. June 18, 2011. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  12. ^ "Women's Single Sculling Schedule and Results". Archived from the original on August 27, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
  13. ^ "Women's Single Sculls Final Results". London 2012. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  14. ^ "Stone, Wagner Punch Their Tickets to Tokyo at 2020 U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Team Trials – Rowing". USRowing. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
  15. ^ "Gevvie Stone wins record ninth singles title - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  16. ^ "Gevvie Stone". www.sarasotainvitational.com. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
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