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Betsy Beard

Personal information
Birth name	Elizabeth Ann Beard
Born	September 16, 1961 (1961-09-16) (age 63) Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Height	155 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Weight	42 kg (93 lb)
Medal record Women's rowing Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Women's eight World Rowing Championships 1987 Copenhagen Women's eight

Elizabeth Ann Beard (born September 16, 1961) is a former American competitive coxswain and Olympic gold medalist.

Beard was born in Baltimore, Maryland, United States in 1961. She was a member of the American women's eight team that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She was the cox for the American women's eight at World Rowing Championships in 1985, 1986, and 1987, and the team came fourth at the first two competitions, and won silver in 1987. At the 1988 Summer Olympics, she came in sixth with the women's eight.

References

1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Betsy Beard". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
2. "(W8+) Women's Eight - Final". FISA. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
3. "(W8+) Women's Eight - Final". FISA. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
4. "(W8+) Women's Eight - Final". FISA. Retrieved December 6, 2016.

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