Shelagh Donohoe

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Shelagh Donohoe
Personal information
BornJanuary 22, 1965 (1965-01-22) (age 56)
Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell (B.A.,1988)
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona Coxless fours

Shelagh Donohoe (born January 22, 1965) is an American Olympic rower.[1][2]

Early years[]

Shelagh was born in Lowell, Massachusetts,[1] and attended Keith Hall, now a part of Lowell Catholic High School from 1981–1985.[3]

She later attended the University of Massachusetts-Lowell from 1984–1988, and graduated with a B.A. in Business Administration.[2] She was on the Varsity rowing team all four years, and in 1987, her team won Bronze at the Varsity Four at the Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia.[4]

Rowing career[]

1989–1992, Donohoe was a member of the U.S. National Rowing Team with the following achievements:[2]

  • 1989 Bled, Yugoslavia World Championships.
  • 1990 Tasmania, Australia, World Championships. Silver Medal (women's Eight).
  • 1991 Vienna, Austria, World Championships. Silver Medal (Coxless Fours).
  • 1992 Barcelona, Spain, Summer Olympics. Silver Medal (Coxless) Fours).[1][5]

When Donohoe, with teammates; , Carol Feeney, and Amy Fuller, won the Silver in Barcelona, the August 2, 1992 Boston Globe article by John Powers reported:

BANYOLES, Spain -- Bobbing up and down at the finish, depleted and gasping, Shelagh Donohoe had no idea where her boat had finished.

"I didn't know if we were first -- or fourth," the Lowell, Mass., oarswoman said yesterday morning, an Olympic silver medal around her neck. "They told us it was a photo finish."

The photo was for third, between the Germans and the Chinese. There was no question about second. Donohoe and her mates in the US straight four had it nailed down from the start, when they latched onto world champion Canada and stayed within a quarter-length all the way…

Coaching career[]

From 1996–2006, Shelagh coached at the Northeastern University.[7] With the following achievements:

  • 2004, New England Assistant Coach of the Year.

Since 2006, Donohoe has been head coach of the University of Rhode Island women's rowing. With the following achievements:

  • 2007, Atlantic 10 Coach of the year.
  • 2008, Atlantic 10 championship & coach of the year.
  • 2010, Atlantic 10 championship & coach of the year.

Honors[]

  • Shelagh was inducted into the U-Mass Lowell's Athletics Hall of Fame, 1993.[4]
  • Shelagh was inducted into the Lowell catholic High School Athletics Hall of Fame.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Shelagh Donohoe". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Rhode Island". Rhode Island. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Hall of Fame". Lowellcatholic.org. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 4, 2009. Retrieved February 24, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Fantasy News, Fantasy Leagues, Player Projections, Cheat Sheets, Player Rankings, Draft Guides". Databaseolympics.com. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  6. ^ "Shelagh Donohoe Selected To Participate In Prestigious Coaches Academy :: The Ram rowing coach is one of only 25 coaches from across the country to attend next week's conference in Colorado". Cstv.com. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  7. ^ "Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.) Office of University Photography Negatives and Contact Sheets Finding Aid". Lib.neu.edu. Retrieved November 3, 2017.

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