Steven Coppola

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Steven Coppola (born May 22, 1984 in Buffalo ) is a former American rower , who was Olympic knight in 2008 and world champion in eighth in 2005 .

Athletic career

At the 2004 World Championships in Banyoles, only the non-Olympic boat classes were on the program. In the four with a helmsman, the Italians won ahead of the Canadians. The boat from the United States with Andrew Brennan , Paul Daniels , Steven Coppola, Joshua Inman and helmsman Marcus McElhenney took third place, 0.42 seconds behind the Canadians.

In 2005 everyone except Brennan rowed in the American eight . Paul Daniels, Matt Deakin , Steven Coppola, Daniel Beery , Joshua Inman, Bryan Volpenhein , Beau Hoopman , Mike Blomquist and Marcus McElhenney won the title at the World Championships in Gifu with a 1.26 second lead over the Italians.

After a few changes, the eighth started in 2006 with the line-up of Paul Daniels, Matt Deakin, Steven Coppola, Kenneth Jurkowski , Giuseppe Lanzone Steven Coppola, Daniel Walsh , Christopher Liwski , Beau Hoopman and Marcus McElhenney. At the World Championships in Nottingham , the eighth finished third behind Germany and Italy, 0.85 seconds behind the Italians.

At the World Championships in Munich , the eighth US boat took fourth place in the line-up of Alexander Hearne , Brodie Buckland , Wyatt Allen , Patrick O'Dunne , Brett Newlin , Joshua Inman, Steven Coppola, Daniel Walsh and Marcus McElhenney.

Inman also came eighth at the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008. Beau Hoopman, Matt Schnobrich , Micah Boyd , Wyatt Allen, Daniel Walsh, Steven Coppola, Joshua Inman, Bryan Volpenhein and Marcus McElhenney took second place behind the British in the preliminary run and then won the hope run. In the final, the Canadians won ahead of the British, 0.23 seconds behind the British, the crew from the United States rowed the bronze medal.

After a 13th place in the four without a helmsman at the 2009 World Championships , the 2.03 m tall Coppola took eighth place at the 2011 World Championships in Bled .

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Footnotes

  1. Four-way finals 2004 at worldrowing.com
  2. eight finals in 2005 at worldrowing.com
  3. roller 2006 final at worldrowing.com
  4. roller Finale 2007 at worldrowing.com
  5. Roller Final 2008 at worldrowing.com