Missy Schwen-Ryan
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| Born | Melissa C. Schwen July 17, 1972 (age 54) Bloomington, Indiana, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Melissa C. Schwen Ryan (born July 17, 1972, in Bloomington, Indiana) is an American rower. After her first medal in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, she donated a kidney to her sick brother in need of a transplant.[1] On March 20, 2010, she was inducted into the National Rowing Hall of Fame.[2]
References
- ↑ Manier, Jeremy (August 30, 1996). "Olympic Rower Wins Race For Her Brother's Life". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
- ↑ "Missy Schwen Ryan Earns Induction into National Rowing Hall of Fame".
External links
- Missy SCHWEN-RYAN at World Rowing
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Missy Schwen-Ryan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
Categories:
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Bloomington, Indiana
- American female rowers
- 20th-century American sportswomen
- Georgetown Hoyas women's rowers
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in rowing
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in rowing
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in rowing
- Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States
- American rowing Olympic medalist stubs