Marcus McElhenney
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Marcus McElhenney (born July 27, 1981) is an American coxswain and attorney. He won a bronze medal in the men's eight at the 2008 Summer Olympics,[1] before a career in law and politics.
Life and career
McElhenney first competed internationally in 2001, representing the United States in Linz, Austria at the Nations' Cup (Under 23 World Championships) where he coxed the men's eight to a silver medal. McElhenney was invited to try out for the 2002 Under 23 World Championship team.
His first major international success at the senior/Olympic level came at the 2003 World Rowing Championships in Milan where he won a gold medal in the coxed four event. A year later at the 2004 World Rowing Championships, he won a bronze medal in the same event. At 2005 World Rowing Championships he coxed both the eights and fours, winning a gold and a silver medal respectively, the first US athlete to have earned two medals at the same World Rowing Championships. In 2007 won both the eights and coxed fours at the 2007 USRowing championships.
McElhenney grew up in Delaware County, Pennsylvania and graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is the cousin of actor Rob McElhenney.
He served as principal architect of the coxswain curriculum at Sparks Rowing, a social business that provides the largest amount of coxswain specific programming in the world.[2] McElhenney graduated from the University of San Francisco School of law, and he currently practices law in California.
Competitive history
Senior
| Year | Event | Women's 8+ | Men's 8+ | Men's 4+ | Men's 2+ |
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| 2003 | World Championships | Script error: No such module "sort". | |||
| Eon Hanse Canal Cup | Script error: No such module "sort". | ||||
| Head of the Charles Regatta | Script error: No such module "sort". | ||||
| 2004 | World Championships | Script error: No such module "sort". | |||
| Eon Hanse Canal Cup | Script error: No such module "sort". | ||||
| 2005 | World Championships | 1 | Script error: No such module "sort". | ||
| Eon Hanse Canal Cup | Script error: No such module "sort". | ||||
| 2006 | World Championships | Script error: No such module "sort". | |||
| Eon Hanse Canal Cup | Script error: No such module "sort". | ||||
| 2007 | U.S. Rowing Club & Elite National Championships | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | ||
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Script error: No such module "sort". | |||
| 2009 | World Championships | Script error: No such module "sort". | |||
| U.S. Rowing Club & Elite National Championships | Script error: No such module "sort". | ||||
| 2011 | Pan American Games | Script error: No such module "sort". |
References
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External links
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- American male rowers
- Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in rowing
- World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States
- Sportspeople from Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania
- Rowers at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in rowing
- 21st-century American sportsmen