Mary Whipple Murray
Two-time Olympic gold medalist; US Rowing Team Coxwain
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Mary Whipple Murray
Biography
Mary Whipple is a three time Olympian, she is a two-time Olympic gold medalist in the London 2012 and the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and winning Silver in her first appearance at the Athens 2004. She was the coxswain of the US Women's 8+ Rowing Team. Her team was honored as the US Olympic Team of the Year in 2012 for their performance at the London Olympics. Mary has coxed the women's team to five world championships.
She has been named one of the select 2012 US Olympic Team for Tomorrow Athlete Ambassadors speaking to youth about her passion for rowing and fulfilling her Olympic dreams. Mary has a Master's Degree in Intercollegiate Athletic Leadership from the University of Washington and graduated high school from Sacramento Adventist Academy.
She speaks to audiences about developing leadership techniques, the opportunities and challenges of building a winning team including the transition from individual contributor on the team to being the team leader, and her journey as an Olympic athlete.
Mary Whipple Murray
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LEADERSHIP
She talks about how as the smallest member of the team, she learned what traits make an innate leader and how she could unify a group of strong individuals into winning team with one vision. She shares her experiences in building team identities, learning how to encourage and support each person as an individual while creating team unity, and how to recover from difficult challenges using the power of encouragement to win.
LEAVING YOUR LEGACY – IT’S MORE THAN BEING AN OLYMPIAN
Mary shares what is most important about her legacy as an Olympian. It’s more than the achieving gold, being a highly decorated athlete, breaking world records, she considers the opportunity to inspire others to work towards their dreams and sharing her insights leadership traits that can be applied every day her responsibility and her legacy.
PURSUING YOUR DREAMS - AN OLYMPIC JOURNEY
Mary has a passion for engaging the youth in dreaming of what is possible because she started her rowing journey the summer before beginning high school and began to dream of the Olympics in college. She shares her experiences in all 3 Olympics, how her perspective changed along the way and the important lessons she learned from achieving her dream.
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