Gail Ricketson

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameGail Susan•Ricketson
Used nameGail•Ricketson
Born12 September 1953 in Plattsburgh, New York (USA)
Measurements173 cm / 64 kg
AffiliationsCollege Boat Club
NOC United States
Medals OG
Gold 0
Silver 0
Bronze 1
Total 1

Biography

Both a sculler and sweeper, Gail Ricketson also skiied while at the University of New Hampshire, making the All-East Ski Team. She won three national championships – two U.S. and one West German – and was a winner at the 1978 National Sports Festival. Although she went to the 1980 Olympic Trials, it was as a sculler and she failed to be selected for the team. Ricketson rowed for the College Boat Club in Philadelphia and is a sculling coach at that club as well as the assistant women’s crew coach at Penn. She has worked as a medical lab technician, using her undergraduate degree in microbiology

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1976 Summer Olympics Rowing USA Gail Ricketson
Eights, Women (Olympic) United States 3 Bronze