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Gail Ricketson
Full name: Gail Susan Ricketson
Gender: Female
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
Weight: 141 lbs (64 kg)
Born: September 12, 1953 in Plattsburgh, New York, United States
Affiliations: College Boat Club
Country: 
United States
Sport: Rowing
Medals: 1 Bronze (1 Total)
Biography
Both a sculler and sweeper, Gail Ricketson also skiied while at the University of New Hampshire, making the All-East Ski Team. She won three national championships – two U.S. and one West German – and was a winner at the 1978 National Sports Festival. Although she went to the 1980 Olympic Trials, it was as a sculler and she failed to be selected for the team. Ricketson rowed for the College Boat Club in Philadelphia and is a sculling coach at that club as well as the assistant women’s crew coach at Penn. She has worked as a medical lab technician, using her undergraduate degree in microbiology |
Results
| Games | Age | City | Sport | Event | Team | NOC | Rank | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 Summer | 22 | Montréal | Rowing | Women's Coxed Eights | United States | USA | 3 | Bronze |
Women's Coxed Eights
| Games | Age | City | Sport | Team | NOC | Phase | Unit | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 Summer | 22 | Montréal | Rowing | United States | USA | Final | 3:38.68 | |
| 1976 Summer | 22 | Montréal | Rowing | United States | USA | Round One | Heat Two | 3:05.52 |
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