Ruth Rowe
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| Born | March 11, 1947 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Pittsburgh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Archery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ruth E. Rowe (born March 11, 1947, in Pittsburgh) is an American former archer and has also coached the sport.[1]
Archery
[edit]Rowe took up archery at the University of Pittsburgh where she earned a degree in biology.[2]
Rowe won a bronze medal at the 1975 World Archery Championships, a gold medal at the 1977 World Archery Championships and another bronze at the 1983 World Archery Championships. All were in the women's team event.[3]
At the 1983 Pan American Games she won gold medals in the women's individual recurve and women's recurve team events. In the 1995 edition she won another women's recurve team gold.[4]
Rowe finished twelfth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in the women's individual event with 2477 points.[5]
She later became coach of the US Virgin Islands archery team.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ruth Rowe". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ Leavy, Jane (1983-11-27). "Rowe Right On Target For Games". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
- ^ "Ruth E Rowe". World Archery. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
- ^ "Pan American Games Medalists: Archery". www.hickoksports.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Ruth Rowe". www.sports-reference.com/olympics. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Team V.I. Archery 2014". Virgin Islands Olympic Committee. 2014-11-19. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
External links
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- 1947 births
- Living people
- American female archers
- Olympic archers for the United States
- Archers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- World Archery Championships medalists
- Sportspeople from Pittsburgh
- University of Pittsburgh alumni
- Archers at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Archers at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in archery
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in archery
- 20th-century American sportswomen