Carol Bower (2006) - Hall of Fame

Carol Bower

Induction:
2006

Bower has been called the greatest all-around women's crew athlete in UCLA history (1978-79). A bronze medalist in the 1979 World Championships, Bower joined the

U.S. National Women's Rowing team in 1980. She was a three-time World Champion Silver Medalist (1981–83) and took home the gold medal in the eights during the 1984 Summer Olympics. Carol was selected Oarswoman of the Year in 1982 by the United States Olympic Committee and was inducted in the Rowing Hall of Fame in 1984. Bower graduated from UCLA in 1979 and served as the head coach of the University of Pennsylvania's Women's Rowing program from 1987- 1996. She is currently the head crew coach at Bryn Mawr College.

* Accomplishments listed above were at the time of induction.