Juliet Thompson

Juliet Thompson was a Harvard rower who represented the United States three times in international competition. In addition to her 1988 Olympic appearance, Thompson rowed the eight at the 1984 World Junior Championships, and the four at the 1987 World Championships. At Harvard she majored in East Asian studies and then obtained an MBA from Stanford.

After college, then married and named Thompson-Hochman, she started a career working with disenfranchised children in the United States and overseas. She founded and directed Friends of the Children in Boston later worked for Mercy Corps in various positions. She and her family settled in Amsterdam where she served as the media relations manager for the 2014 World Rowing Championships.