tOP ROWeRS
Anna Mickelson (far right) wins
silver in the women’s eight at the
2004 Olympic Games in Athens,
Greece.
Now, as regular fixture on the US national
team, Mickelson says it’s hard not to be a
full-time rower. “I do work part-time for the
National Rowing Foundation as a Shields
Fellow helping them raise awareness
and support for the national team,” says
Mickelson, “I can work wherever I am by
computer.”
© 2004 AFP
Based at the national training centre in
Princeton, New Jersey, the squad has
remained, on the whole, consistent, and
Mickelson says as well as rowing together the
team know each other well and are friends off
the water. But her best friend is outside of the
squad. She has recently become engaged to
1997 rowing World Champion Bob Cummins
and the wedding is planned for December,
scheduled around Mickelson’s only break for
the year.
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Major achievements
double up in the eight and the pair for major
events and has already raced both at the
past two World Rowing Championships. She
reasons: «We want the US to medal in both
the pair and the eight. The Romanians can do
it, and Canadians, so why can’t we? I think it is
doable.“ ■ M.S. B.
Mickelson now has her sights set on going
to the BeijingOlympics and representing
her country in two events. She has gained
the confidence of her coach, Tom Terhaar, to
