Anita DeFrantz

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Anita DeFrantz
Personal information
National teamUnited States
Born (1952-10-04) October 4, 1952 (age 71)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
EducationConnecticut College (BA)
University of Pennsylvania (JD)
Medal record
Rowing
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal Women's eight

Anita Lucette DeFrantz (born October 4, 1952) is an American Olympic rower, member of the

International Rowing Federation
(FISA).

Biography

DeFrantz was born in 1952 in

1980 U.S. Olympic team, but she was unable to compete.[2][3] She was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal
.

Board member

In 1986, the

AroundTheRings.com that she would like to return to the IOC Executive Committee.[4] She was elected back onto the IOC Executive Board on September 10, 2013, and she was elected to a four-year term as IOC Vice President at the 131st IOC Session in Lima, Peru on September 15, 2017.[5]

DeFrantz is also on the board of the Al Oerter Foundation (AOF) which runs the Art of the Olympians[6] (AOTO) program which is an international organization of Olympian and Paralympian artists promoting the Olympic values and ideals through educational and cultural programs and exhibitions.[7]

Honors

In 1980, DeFrantz was awarded the

L.A. Memorial Coliseum's Court of Honor.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anita DeFrantz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
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  3. ^ "Oral History of Anita DeFrantz by the LA84 Foundation" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 11, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  4. ^ "U.S. IOC Member Declares for Executive Board". Around The Rings. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  5. ^ "IOC Session votes on Executive Board positions". Olympic Games. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  6. ^ "Art of the Olympians | Anita DeFrantz". artoftheolympians.org. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  7. ^ "Home". artoftheolympians.org. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  8. ^ "MS ANITA L. DEFRANTZ". olympic.org. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  9. ^ Latimer, Jolene (June 22, 2017). "Female Olympic Athletes Honored Over 50 Years Later | GOOD Sports". Sports.good.is. Retrieved June 30, 2017.

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