We’re highlighting all the New Jersey Olympians this summer because there are so many to watch for. Tracy Eisser will compete as part of the United States team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Eisser grew up in Fair Lawn and attended Fair Lawn High School, where she competed in the high jump and long jump. She won a New Jersey State Track and Field Long Jump Championship in 2008. Tracy was a CRCA National Scholar Athlete from 2010-2012 at Cornell University where she got started in rowing. She enjoys doing crossword puzzles and watching movies in her free time.
She won the gold medal in the quad sculls at the 2015 World Rowing Championships.
Women’s quadruple sculls get started in Rio on August 6th and medals will be awarded on August 10th.
We’ll keep you apprised of when each NJ athlete will compete so stay tuned to YDKJ for all the NJ Olympian news you can handle!
[photo and bio info via USRowing.org and wikipedia.org]
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