Brett Newlin
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  United States
World Rowing Championships
Silver medal – second place 2005 Gifu M4+

Brett Newlin (born March 24, 1982, in Mission Viejo, California) is an American rower, who competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. He grew up in Riverton, Wyoming[1] and began college at Michigan State University, but transferred to the University of Washington in January 2003 as a sophomore and rowed in the UW V8+ that spring as the Huskies won their first Pac-10 Championship since 1997 and took silver at the IRA regatta.[2] He repeated both results in 2004.[3] He graduated from UW in 2005.

Newlin has been a member of eight USRowing national teams. World Rowing Championships results include silver in the 4+ (2005), fourth in the 4- (2006), fourth in the 8+ (2007), 13th in the 4- (2009), sixth in the 8+ (2010), and fourth in the 4- (2011). Olympic Games results include a ninth-place finish in the 4- (2008) and fourth in the 8+ (2012).[4]

Personal life

Newlin's sister is Kristen Newlin, who played professional women's basketball for Fenerbahçe Istanbul in Turkey.

References

  1. ↑ http://archive.usrowing.org/pressbox/athletebios/brettnewlin Archived November 18, 2018, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2018-11-17.
  2. ↑ "Player Bio". GoHuskies.com.
  3. ↑ "2000–2006". Husky Crew.
  4. ↑ "Athlete Bio". USRowing. Archived from the original on February 20, 2011.


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