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Zsuzsanna "Susan" Francia[1] (Hungarian: Francia Zsuzsanna; born November 8, 1982[2]) is a Hungarian-American two time Olympic gold medalist rower. Growing up in Abington, Pennsylvania, she attended Abington Senior High School, followed by the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 2004 with bachelor's and a master's degrees in Criminology and Sociology. She currently resides in Princeton, New Jersey, and is affiliated with the US Rowing Training Center.

Susan Francia
Personal information
Full nameZsuzsanna Francia
NationalityHungarian
American
BornNovember 8, 1982 (1982-11-08) (age 39)
Szeged, Hungary
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
2008 BeijingWomen's eight
2012 LondonWomen's eight
FISA World Rowing Championships
2006 Eton Women's eight
2007 Munich Women's eight
2009 Poznan Women's eight
2009 Poznan Coxless Pairs
2011 Lake Bled Women's eight
2014 AmsterdamW4−
2010 Lake Karapiro Coxless Pairs

Francia is the daughter of Hungarian biochemist and renowned mRNA researcher Katalin Karikó.[3] She is fluent in Hungarian.


Rowing career


Francia began rowing as a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania in 2001. She was a Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Division I All-American at the University of Pennsylvania in 2004. Since graduating, she has served nine years as a U.S. National Team member and won a gold medal with the 2012 Olympic Team in London, England, and the 2008 Olympic Team in Beijing, China.

Francia won the Remenham Cup Remenham Challenge Cup at the 2011 and 2006 Henley Royal Regatta. At the FISA World Rowing Championships in 2006, Francia won the gold medal in the women's eight with a new world's best time of 5:55.50.

In addition to her international accomplishments, Francia has also had much domestic success. She won the second National Selection Regatta in the pair in 2011, and all three National Selection Regattas in 2010. She finished second in the pair at the second 2008 National Selection Regatta. She won the championship eight at the 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2012 Head of the Charles Regatta in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She won the eight and finished third in the pair at the 2007 US Rowing National Championships. She won the double sculls at the second 2006 National Selection Regatta and finished second in the four at the 2004 U.S. National Team Trials.


Coaching


Francia has been an assistant coach for UCSD Women's Rowing team for the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons.[4] In addition, she was formerly the head coach of the Junior Women's Varsity Rowing team at the San Diego Rowing Club.[5]


References


  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Susan Francia". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
  2. "Susan Francia". United States Olympic Committee. 2008. Archived from the original on August 15, 2008. Retrieved August 17, 2008.
  3. "Karikó Katalin: Vakcinát fejleszteni elsősorban morális kötelezettség (Interview with Katalin Karikó)" (in Hungarian). HVG. December 5, 2020. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  4. UCSD Tritons Archived July 14, 2019, at the Wayback Machine Susan Francia - Assistant Coach
  5. sdnews.com Archived September 25, 2019, at the Wayback Machine "San Diego junior rowers sweep competition at Desert Sprints"



На других языках


- [en] Susan Francia

[it] Susan Francia

Susan Francia (in ungherese: Zsuzsanna Francia; Seghedino, 8 novembre 1982) è una canottiera statunitense, vincitrice della medaglia d'oro nell'8 con alle Olimpiadi di Pechino 2008. Laureata all'università della Pennsylvania, è figlia della scienziata ungherese Katalin Karikó [1]

[ru] Франсия, Сьюзан

Сьюзан Франсия (англ. Susan Francia; род. 8 ноября 1982[1][2], Сегед, Венгрия), урождённая Жужанна Франция (венг. Zsuzsanna Francia) — американская гребчиха венгерского происхождения, выступавшая за сборную США по академической гребле в период 2005—2014 годов. Двукратная олимпийская чемпионка, пятикратная чемпионка мира, победительница многих регат национального и международного значения.



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