Barbara Kirch
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| Full name | Barbara Ann Kirch Grudt | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 2, 1960 Abington, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg) | |||||||||||||||||
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Barbara Kirch (born May 2, 1960, in Abington, Pennsylvania) an American Olympic rower who competed in both the 1984 and 1988 Olympic coxless pair contests.[1] In the 1988 Olympics, she competed with Mara Keggi. Kirch graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1984 with a B.A. Degree.[2] After the Olympics, she eventually became the head rowing coach for the Penn Women's Rowing Team.[3] Later, she joined the Peddie Crew team as the Head Woman's Coach.
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Barbara Kirch". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
- ^ "Penn Athletes Competing in the Olympics, University of Pennsylvania University Archives". www.archives.upenn.edu. Archived from the original on December 11, 2010. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
Barbara Ann Kirch Grudt
- ^ "University of Pennsylvania Assistant Coach of Women's Crew (advert)". The Independent Rowing News. Vol. 7, no. 12. July 26, 2000. p. 23.
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