Alison Townley

Alison Townley
Personal information
Born (1965-09-06) September 6, 1965 (age 59)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Sport
SportRowing

Alison Townley (born September 6, 1965) is an American rower.[1] She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics. She graduated from Harvard University.[2] After her rowing career, Townley went on to work for L'Oréal and Chevron,[1] before becoming a dressage trainer in Oakland Hills.[3]

Biography

Townley was born in Minneapolis in 1965.[1] She was part of the United States national rowing team from 1985 to 1992.[1] She won two silver medals at the 1986 Goodwill Games in Moscow,[1][4] and went on to repeat the feat at the 1990 Goodwill Games in Seattle.[1] Townley also took part in five editions of the World Rowing Championships from 1985 to 1991,[1] winning a bronze medal at the 1990 edition.[1][5] She also rowed for Harvard University,[6] and after graduation in 1987 she won the Alumnae Association Award from Radcliffe College.[7]

Townley competed in women's eight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where the US team finished in sixth place.[8] Four years later, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Townley was part of the US women's quadruple sculls team that finished in fifth place.[9]

After her rowing career, Townley went to work for L'Oréal in New York,[1][10] before moving to the West Coast to work in marketing for Chevron.[1] After working for Chevron for some years, she quit her job to become a dressage trainer in California.[1][11] In January 2022, she was appointed as one of the six new board members of the National Rowing Foundation.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Alison Townley". Olympedia. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alison Townley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  3. ^ "Oakland woman thriving in dressage". SF Gate. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  4. ^ "Goodwill Games Results At Moscow, July 20". UPI News. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  5. ^ "Rowing". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  6. ^ "Pulling for a shot at the gold". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  7. ^ "Alison Townley '87". Harvard Varsity Club. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  8. ^ "Eights, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  9. ^ "Quadruple Sculls, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  10. ^ "WEDDINGS; Alison Townley, Kurtis Fechtmeyer". The New York Times. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  11. ^ "Alison Townley with her horse". Pressreader. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  12. ^ "The National Rowing Foundation Announces Six New Board Members". Row2K. Retrieved March 8, 2022.