Adrienne Martelli

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Adrienne Martelli

Adrienne Martelli (born December 3, 1987 in Glendale , California ) is a former American rower . She won the Olympic bronze medal in the double scull in 2012 .

Career

Martelli began rowing at the University of Washington in 2006 . Graduated from Biology and Physiology in 2010, the six-foot rower lived and trained in Princeton , New Jersey.

In 2009 Adrienne Martelli won the bronze medal at the U23 World Championships with eighth place . At the 2010 World Championships in the adult class, Martelli rowed in a foursome without a helmsman and together with Mara Allen , Grace Luczak and Alison Cox won the bronze medal behind the boats from the Netherlands and Australia. In 2011 Martelli switched to sculling boats . the US double scull with Stesha Carle , Natalie Dell , Adrienne Martelli and Megan Kalmoe won the silver medal behind the German boat at the 2011 World Championships . At the 2012 Olympic Games on Dorney Lake near Eton, the Ukrainian double-scull won ahead of the German boat; the bronze medal went to Kara Kohler , Adrienne Martelli, Natalie Dell and Megan Kalmoe.

In 2013 Martelli competed in the Rowing World Cup with the eighth and with the double scull , but did not start at the world championships. In 2014 she switched to the four without a helmsman , together with Zsuzsanna Francia , Emily Regan and Tessa Gobbo she won the silver medal behind the New Zealand boat at the 2014 World Championships in Amsterdam . In 2015 Martelli competed at the World Cup in Varese in double fours , at the 2015 World Championships on Lac d'Aiguebelette the four without helmsman won the title in this non-Olympic boat class with Kristine O'Brien , Grace Latz , Adrienne Martelli and Grace Luczak. The US rowing association nominated Tracy Eisser and Megan Kalmoe from the 2015 world championship scull for the quad scull at the 2016 Olympic Games , as well as Grace Latz and Adrienne Martelli. This quadruple finished fifth in the Olympic final .

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SURNAME Martelli, Adrienne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rower
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd December 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Glendale , California