Virginia Gilder
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Birth name | Virginia Anne Gilder | |||||||||||||
Born | New York, New York | June 4, 1958|||||||||||||
Alma mater | Yale University (1979) | |||||||||||||
Occupation | entrepreneur, investor | |||||||||||||
Other interests | co-owner of Seattle Storm | |||||||||||||
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Virginia Anne Gilder (born June 4, 1958), also known as Ginny Gilder, is an American former competitive rower and Olympic silver medalist. An investor, Gilder is a co-owner of the Seattle Storm, a professional women's basketball team in the WNBA.[1][2]
Early life and education[]
Gilder is the daughter of Richard Gilder and was raised on the Upper East Side of Manhattan,[1][3] where she attended the Chapin School. For high school, she attended Dana Hall School,[4] graduating one year early[1] in 1976. Gilder went on to study history at Yale University,[1] graduating in 1979.[3]
Rowing career[]
Gilder was first selected for the U.S. Olympic team in 1980, the year that the United States boycotted the Olympic Games in Moscow, Russia.[1] She was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal many years later[5] She was a member of the American women's quadruple sculls team that won the silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.[6]
Author[]
She is the author of Course Correction: A Story of Rowing and Resilience in the Wake of Title IX[7] which was released April 14, 2015 by Beacon Press. The paperback and audiobook were released April 12, 2016.
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Brewer, Jerry (September 25, 2012). "Storm co-owner Gilder's resolve takes your breath away". Seattle Times.
- ^ "Force 10 Hoops LLC". Seattle Storm / WNBA. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
- ^ a b Borzilleri, Meri-Jo (March–April 2011). "Taking Seattle by Storm". Yale Alumni Magazine.
Virginia Gilder '79
- ^ "Virginia "Ginny" Gilder 1976". February 9, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
- ^ Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry. Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ginny Gilder". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
- ^ Gilder, Ginny (April 14, 2015). Course Correction: A Story of Rowing and Resilience in the Wake of Title IX. Beacon Press. ISBN 9780807074770.
External links[]
- 1958 births
- Living people
- Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in rowing
- American female rowers
- Yale University alumni
- Seattle Storm owners
- National Basketball Association owners
- Women sports owners
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Women basketball executives
- People from the Upper East Side
- Chapin School (Manhattan) alumni
- World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States
- Congressional Gold Medal recipients
- 21st-century American women