Lianne Nelson

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Lianne Nelson (born Lianne Bennion on June 15, 1972 in Houston ) is a former rower from the United States . She was world champion in 1995 and Olympic runner-up in 2004.

Athletic career

Lianne Bennion started rowing in 1988. In 1990 she was eighth and fifth at the Junior World Championships . In July 1994 she won the Nations Cup, a forerunner to the U23 World Championships, with the four-man without a helmsman . In September 1994 at the World Championships in Indianapolis , she entered in two without a helmsman and finished sixth. 1995 in the World Championships in Tampere won Melissa Iverson , Cindy Brooks , Lianne Bennion and Katie Scanlon before the Germans and the White Russians.

In 1998 she returned to the regatta courses as Lianne Nelson. In the Rowing World Cup , she took second place in a two-man without a helmsman in Munich and a second place in eighth in Lucerne. At the World Championships in Cologne , she won the silver medal in eighth place. In 1999 she competed at the World Championships in St. Catharines in two without a helmsman and took seventh place. At the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000, she reached the A final with eighth and finished sixth.

After a second break in her international career, Lianne Nelson took part in the 2003 World Championships in Milan in two without a helmsman and finished in sixth place. In 2004 she won the World Cup regattas in Munich and Lucerne with the eighth. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens , eighth with Katherine Johnson , Samantha Magee , Megan Dirkmaat , Alison Cox , Anna Mickelson , Laurel Korholz , Caryn Davies , Lianne Nelson and helmsman Mary Whipple won the silver medal, 1.86 seconds behind the Romanians and 0.29 seconds ahead of the third-placed Dutch women.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ World championships in foursome without at sport-komplett.de. Here Lianne Bennion is listed under her maiden name in 1995.
  2. ↑ World Championships in figure eight at sport-komplett.de. Here Lianne Nelson is listed under her married name in 1998.
  3. ^ Eighth competition in 2000 in Olympedia
  4. ^ Eighth competition 2004 in the Olympedia
personal data
SURNAME Nelson, Lianne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bennion, Lianne (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rower
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Houston