Name: Meghan O'Leary

Sport: Rowing

Event(s): Quadruple sculls

Height: 6-0

DOB: 8/24/1984

Birthplace: Tulsa, Okla.

Hometown: Baton Rouge, La.

High School: Episcopal High School (Baton Rouge, La.) ‘03

College: University of Virginia ’08, Social Foundations and Policy

Team/Club: USRowing Training Center – Princeton, New York Athletic Club

Coach(es): Hilary Gehman

Olympic Experience

• Two-time Olympian (2016, 2020)
• Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 10th (quad sculls)
• Olympic Games Rio 2016, 6th (double sculls)

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2018 – bronze (double sculls)
• Years of participation: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018
• Silver – 2017 (double sculls)
• Bronze – 2018 (double sculls)

Personal: Daughter of Dan and Kathy O’Leary...Has one twin brother, Jon, and one older brother, Bryan...Was a two-sport athlete (softball and volleyball) at the University of Virginia, as well as a recipient of the prestigious Jefferson Scholarship...Picked up rowing post-college while living in Hartford, Conn., and working for ESPN before deciding to train full-time at the USRowing Training Center...After leaving ESPN in 2013, co-founded Turazo, a software startup helping companies recruit and hire more inclusively...Is an Athlete Representative on the USRowing Board of Directors, Ambassador with the Women's Sports Foundation, and a professional speaker represented by the BrightSight Group.

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