Carie Graves

Carie Graves

Personal information
Full name	Carie Graves
Born	June 27, 1953 (1953-06-27) (age 63) Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Medal record Women's rowing Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Women's eights 1976 Montreal Women's eights

Carie Graves (born June 27, 1953) is an American rower who won medals in the 1976 and 1984 Summer Olympics.

Carie Graves grew up in Wyoming Township near Spring Green, Wisconsin, and she attended River Valley High School.

Her first experience with rowing was as a walk-on when she was a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the fall of 1973. In the spring of 1975 her team went to the women's national championships in Princeton,N.J. and won. Her first international success came in 1975 when she won a silver medal in the eight-oared shell at the World Championships, as part of what came to be known as the "Red Rose Crew", coached by Harry Parker. She then made the 1976 Olympic team in the eight, adding an Olympic bronze. 1976 was the first time women's rowing was included in the Olympics. Graves continued to row and train during her tenure as Head Rowing Coach for women at Harvard/ Radcliffe. She was the first female Head Rowing Coach in the US. She continued to row and was a member of the 1980 Olympic team, rowing on the eight that won the Lucerne Regatta over East Germany, but did not go on to the Olympics due to the US Boycott of site summer Olympics. Her last Olympics was in 1984 when she won a Gold Medal.

In 1981 she was the six -oar for the women's 8 that finished second at the World Championships in Munich.

Also in 1981 she and her teammates raced in a four and won at the Henley Royal Regatta. This was the first time women were allowed to race at Henley.

After earning a Master's from Harvard, Graves went back to coaching in Boston at Northeastern University for 10 years. She then was recruited by the University of Texas, Austin to start their new rowing program in 1998.

Graves retired in 2014 from the University of Texas, Austin.

Graves was born in Madison, Wisconsin to parents Robert and Dyrele (Derry) Graves. The parents of Robert Graves moved to the Spring Green area in the 1930s from South Dakota so that Ben Graves (Robert's father) could take up a position as the land and farm manager at Taliesin. Robert Graves himself rowed at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Derry Graves, who came from a circus family in Baraboo, Wisconsin, trained as a registered nurse. In the late 1960s, she worked as a nurse at the Badger Army Ammunition Plant, while Robert farmed.

In 1998, Graves and her three sisters competed in team rowing at the Nike World Games under the name "Team Four Sisters." One of Graves' sisters is Leslie Graves, founder of the Lucy Burns Institute.^[1]

References

External links

• "Carie Graves". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.