Yasmin Farooq was a rowing coxswain who competed for the USA at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics. Farooq competed at the University of Wisconsin. She also won four medals in the eight at the World Championships, with gold in 1995 and silvers in 1990, 1993, and 1994. Farooq later went into coaching, being named head coach of the Stanford women’s team in 2006, and leading them to their first national championship in 2009. That year, Farooq was named Coach of the Year by the Rowing News. She has also served as the coach of the USA U-23 eight, and did some color analysis for NBC Universal Sports on rowing.
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