Amy Fuller

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Amy Lynn Fuller (born May 30, 1968 in Inglewood , California ) is a former American rower .

Amy Fuller began rowing at the University of California, Berkeley . In 1989 she reached an international final at the World Championships for the first time when she finished sixth with eighth place. In 1991 she reached fourth place with eighth. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona she competed with Shelagh Donohoe , Cynthia Eckert and Carol Feeney in a four-man team without a helmsman and won the silver medal behind the Canadian crew.

At the 1993 World Championships , Amy Fuller competed with Melissa Iverson , Anne Kakela and Katherine Scanlon Lewis in a foursome and won silver behind the Chinese foursome, almost seven tenths of a second behind. The four rowers also belonged to the American eighth, which also won silver a second and a half behind the Romanian boat. The following year, Catriona Fallon , Amy Fuller, Anne Kakela and Monica Tranel-Michini fought behind the Dutch four-man silver at the World Championships in Indianapolis , in eighth the German rowers won ahead of the Americans. At the 1995 World Championships in Tampere , Amy Fuller only competed with the American eighth and won her only world champion title. The following year at the Olympic Games in Atlanta , Amy Fuller finished fourth with the US eighth.

After finishing sixth with eighth at the 1997 World Championships , Fuller won silver with the American eighth at the 1998 and 1999 World Championships . In her third Olympic participation in Sydney in 2000 , Amy Fuller finished eighth in sixth place.

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