Kris Thorsness (2018) | UW Athletic Hall of Fame

UW Athletic Hall of Fame

Member of the Gold Medal Winning Badger Crew at the 1979 National Championships in the Senior Eight Event
Member of Badger Second-Place Crews in the Varsity Eight Collegiate National Championship in 1980 and 1982
Won a Gold Medal in the 1984 Olympics as a member of the Women's Eight, the First U.S. Women's Crew to win Olympic Gold
First-Ever Olympic Medalist from Alaska
1988 Olympian Member of Seven U.S. National Teams Competing in World Championships, Winning Silver in 1982, 1983, and 1987
Member of the USRowing Hall of Fame
Charter Member of the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame
Co-recipient of USRowing's Ernestine Bayer "Woman of the Year" 2008
USRowing Referee
Past USRowing Board of Directors Secretary