Dré Thies

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameAndréa B. "Dré"•Thies
Used nameDré•Thies
Born21 September 1967 in Irvington, New York (USA)
Measurements180 cm / 79 kg
NOC United States

Biography

Dré Thies rowed at Cornell, helping them win the 1989 National Collegiate Rowing Championship and the Eastern Sprints. Thies rowed in quad sculls at the 1996 Olympics. She won a silver medal in the double sculls at the Pan American Games and competed at the World Championships in 1991 and 1993-95.

Thies became a rowing coach, starting at Princeton in 1998. She later became coach at SUNY Oneonta, where she also coached rowing at the Cooperstown Country Club. She was inducted into the Cornell Hall of Fame in 1999.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1996 Summer Olympics Rowing USA Dré Thies
Quadruple Sculls, Women (Olympic) United States 8

Special Notes