Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Female |
Full name | Elizabeth "Betsy"•McCagg (-Hills) |
Used name | Betsy•McCagg |
Born | 29 April 1967 in Kirkland, Washington (USA) |
Measurements | 188 cm / 80 kg |
Affiliations | Lakeside High School Rowing Club |
NOC | United States |
Betsy McCagg rowed in the US eight at the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Olympics, competing alongside her twin sister Mary McCagg in 1992 and 1996. The two began rowing at the Lakeside School in Seattle before going east to attend Harvard. In 1989 the twins led the Radcliffe eight to an undefeated season. Both were inducted into the Harvard Hall of Fame in 2004.
Betsy McCagg won five medals at the World Championships. She won a bronze in the pair in 1993, but the other medals were all in the eight. She won gold in 1995, and silvers in 1993, 1995, and 1999. Betsy won a gold medal in the pair at the 1995 Pan American Games. She also competed at the 1990 Goodwill Games. Betsy later became a pre-school teacher. Both twins are members of the National Rowing Hall of Fame.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1992 Summer Olympics | Rowing | USA | Betsy McCagg | |||
Eights, Women (Olympic) | United States | 6 | ||||
1996 Summer Olympics | Rowing | USA | Betsy McCagg | |||
Eights, Women (Olympic) | United States | 4 | ||||
2000 Summer Olympics | Rowing | USA | Betsy McCagg | |||
Eights, Women (Olympic) | United States | 6 |