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Ruth E. Rowe (born March 11, 1947, in Pittsburgh) is an American former archer and has also coached the sport.

Archery

Rowe took up archery at the University of Pittsburgh where she earned a degree in biology.

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.

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.

Rowe finished twelfth at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in the women's individual event with 2477 points.

She later became coach of the US Virgin Islands archery team.

References

1. "RUTH ROWE". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
2. Leavy, Jane. "Rowe Right On Target For Games". www.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
3. "RUTH E ROWE". worldarchery.org. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
4. "Pan American Games Medalists: Archery". www.hickoksports.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
5. "Ruth Rowe". www.sports-reference.com/olympics. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
6. "Team V.I. Archery 2014". www.virginislandsolympics.org. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2020.

External links

• Profile on worldarchery.org

• 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
• 20th-century American sportswomen