PRINCETON, N.J. – After two-time Olympic gold medalist Meghan Musnicki finished atop the podium in the women’s eight at the 2016 Rio Olympics, she decided it was time to hang up the oars.
Time to get a job, earn some money and “exist in the real world” for a little while. After all, rowing for the United States had been her primary focus since she made her first national team in 2010. She shipped out to San Francisco, moved in with former teammate and women’s Olympic pair coach Kate Bertko and started her new chapter as a personal trainer.