Country: USA
Sport: Rowing
Date of Birth: 08/02/1986
First Olympics: 2016, Rio
Pittsburgh native, Amanda Polk, began rowing in 2002 at Oakland Catholic High School. She has won gold at the World Rowing Championships since 2008 in the Women's Eight Boat. Polk credits her greatest achievement to being a part of the first NCAA team big in the history of Notre Dame women's rowing and placing first in the varsity eight at the South-Central Region Championships in 2006.
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