Betsy Beard

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameElizabeth Ann "Betsy"•Beard (-Stillings)
Used nameBetsy•Beard
Born16 September 1961 in Baltimore, Maryland (USA)
Measurements155 cm / 42 kg
NOC United States
Medals OG
Gold 1
Silver 0
Bronze 0
Total 1

Biography

Betsy Beard coxed the eight for the US at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, winning a gold medal in 1984. Beard also coxed the eight at the 1985-87 World Championships, winning a silver medal in 1987. She started college at Washington College in Maryland, but transferred to the University of Washington in 1981, earning a BS in pharmacy in 1984. She was later employed as a pharmacist at the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, specializing in investigational drugs undergoing clinical trials, mostly related to oncology treatment, and also worked in the neonatal intensive care pharmacy.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1984 Summer Olympics Rowing USA Betsy Beard
Eights, Women (Olympic) United States 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Rowing USA Betsy Beard
Eights, Women (Olympic) United States 6

Olympic family relations