Brett Newlin (born March 24, 1982, in Mission Viejo, California) is an American rower, who competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. He grew up in Riverton, Wyoming[1] and began college at Michigan State University, but transferred to the University of Washington in January 2003 as a sophomore and rowed in the UW V8+ that spring as the Huskies won their first Pac-10 Championship since 1997 and took silver at the IRA regatta.[2] He repeated both results in 2004.[3] He graduated from UW in 2005.
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Representing  United States
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| World Rowing Championships | ||
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2005 Gifu | M4+ |
Newlin has been a member of eight USRowing national teams. World Rowing Championships results include silver in the 4+ (2005), fourth in the 4− (2006), fourth in the 8+ (2007), 13th in the 4− (2009), sixth in the 8+ (2010), and fourth in the 4− (2011). Olympic Games results include a ninth-place finish in the 4− (2008) and fourth in the 8+ (2012).[4]
Personal life
editNewlin's sister is Kristen Newlin, who played professional women's basketball for Fenerbahçe Istanbul in Turkey.
References
edit- ^ http://archive.usrowing.org/pressbox/athletebios/brettnewlin Archived November 18, 2018, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2018-11-17.
- ^ "Player Bio". GoHuskies.com.
- ^ "2000–2006". Husky Crew.
- ^ "Athlete Bio". USRowing. Archived from the original on February 20, 2011.
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