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| birth_name = Douglas Steven Coppola Jr.
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| birth_place = [[Buffalo, New York]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Buffalo, New York]], U.S.
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'''Steven Coppola''' (born May 22, 1984 in [[Buffalo, New York]]) and is an American [[rowing (sport)|rower]]. He won a bronze medal in the [[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's eight|men's eight]] at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]].
'''Douglas Steven Coppola Jr.''' (born May 22, 1984, in [[Buffalo, New York]]) is an American [[rowing (sport)|rower]]. He won a bronze medal in the [[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's eight|men's eight]] at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]. He is currently the Head Women's coach at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Steven Coppola was born on May 22, 1984 in [[Buffalo, New York]], and attended [[Canisius High School]],<ref name="US Rowing Bio">{{cite web |url=http://www.usrowing.org/News_Media/AthleteBios/scoppola.aspx |title=Steven Coppola |date=2008-06-27 |publisher=US Rowing |accessdate=2009-02-16}}</ref> where he started rowing in 1998<ref name="US Rowing Bio" /> at West Side Rowing Club's "Learn-to-Row" camp, he then went on to row at Canisius High School, where he won multiple Scholastic National Rowing Championships.<ref name="CHS Today" /> He graduated from Canisius High School in 2002. He then went on to get his undergraduate degree from [[Princeton University]] in [[Psychology]], from which he graduated in 2006.<ref name="Olympic Bio Stats">{{cite web |url=http://rowing.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/647 |title=Steve Coppola |publisher=US Olympic Committee |accessdate=2009-02-16 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20081023003453/http://rowing.teamusa.org:80/athlete/athlete/647 |archivedate=October 23, 2008}}</ref> He also won numerous National and International titles while rowing for Princeton and in 2005 and 2006 he was a member of the Princeton varsity eight that finished second in the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships. In the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]], [[China]] he made his debut at the Olympic Games rowing for the [[United States]],<ref name="NBC Bio">{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=1325/bio/ |title=Steven Coppola |year=2008 |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=2009-02-16}}</ref> where he and his team took third and a Bronze Medal in a come from behind finish after trailing the entire race and being in last place at the last 500 meter mark of the 2000 meter race with a final time of 5:25.34 which was less than 2 seconds behind first place [[Canada]].<ref name="Buffalo News">{{cite news |url=http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/story/417374.html |title=Steve Coppola of Buffalo wins bronze medal in rowing |last=Sullivan |first=Jerry |date=18 August 2008 |publisher=Buffalo News |accessdate=16 February 2009}}</ref> Copolla is also the first ever athlete from Western New York's West Side Rowing Club to receive an Olympic Medal.<ref name="CHS Today">{{cite journal |date=December 2008 |title=Canisius High School Today Magazine |journal=Canisius High School Today |publisher=Canisius High School |location=Buffalo, New York |volume=1 |issue=3 |pages=5, 6 |url=http://www.canisiushigh.org/files/filesystem/CHS%20Today%20FINAL%20(12%2025%2008).pdf |accessdate=2009-02-16 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20090225025529/http://www.canisiushigh.org/files/filesystem/CHS%20Today%20FINAL%20(12%2025%2008).pdf |archivedate=February 25, 2009}}</ref>
Steven Coppola was born on May 22, 1884, in [[Buffalo, New York]], a son of Mimi Barnes-Coppola and Douglas Steven Coppola Sr.<ref name="NYT2013">{{cite news |last1=Mallozzi |first1=Vincent M. |title=Having the Stamina to Go the Distance |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/fashion/weddings/having-the-stamina-to-go-the-distance.html |access-date=3 August 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=18 August 2013}}</ref> He attended [[Canisius High School]], where he started rowing in 1998<ref name="US Rowing Bio">{{cite web |date=2008-06-27 |title=Steven Coppola |url=http://www.usrowing.org/News_Media/AthleteBios/scoppola.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214093200/http://usrowing.org/News_Media/AthleteBios/scoppola.aspx |archive-date=2007-12-14 |access-date=2009-02-16 |publisher=US Rowing}}</ref> at [[West Side Rowing Club]]'s "Learn-to-Row" camp. He won multiple Scholastic National Rowing Championships.<ref name="CHS Today" /> He graduated from Canisius High School in 2002. He then went on to get his undergraduate degree from [[Princeton University]] in [[Psychology]], from which he graduated in 2006.<ref name="Olympic Bio Stats">{{cite web |url=http://rowing.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/647 |title=Steve Coppola |publisher=US Olympic Committee |access-date=2009-02-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023003453/http://rowing.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/647 |archive-date=October 23, 2008}}</ref> He also won numerous National and International titles while rowing for Princeton and in 2005 and 2006. He was a member of the Princeton varsity eight that finished second in the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships. He made his Olympic debut at the [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Olympic Games]], rowing for the [[United States]],<ref name="NBC Bio">{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=1325/bio/ |title=Steven Coppola |year=2008 |publisher=NBC Olympics |access-date=2009-02-16}}</ref> where he and his team won a bronze medal in the 2000-meter race with a final time of 5:25.34, which was less than 2 seconds behind first place [[Canada]].<ref name="Buffalo News">{{cite news |url=http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/story/417374.html |title=Steve Coppola of Buffalo wins bronze medal in rowing |last=Sullivan |first=Jerry |date=18 August 2008 |publisher=Buffalo News |access-date=16 February 2009}}</ref> Coppola is the first ever athlete from Western New York's West Side Rowing Club to receive an Olympic Medal.<ref name="CHS Today">{{cite journal|date=December 2008 |title=Canisius High School Today Magazine |journal=Canisius High School Today |publisher=Canisius High School |location=Buffalo, New York |volume=1 |issue=3 |pages=5, 6 |url=http://www.canisiushigh.org/files/filesystem/CHS%20Today%20FINAL%20(12%2025%2008).pdf |access-date=2009-02-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225025529/http://www.canisiushigh.org/files/filesystem/CHS%20Today%20FINAL%20%2812%2025%2008%29.pdf |archive-date=February 25, 2009 }}</ref>


==Race results==
==Race results==
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| <ref name="usrowing.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/StevenCoppola.aspx |title=Steven Coppola |access-date=2015-04-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414161446/http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/StevenCoppola.aspx |archive-date=2015-04-14 }}</ref>
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of Princeton University Olympians]]
* [[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's eight]]
* [[Rowing at the Summer Olympics]]
* [[2008 Summer Olympics]]
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* *[[List of Princeton University Olympians]]


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.usrowing.org/News_Media/AthleteBios/scoppola.aspx US Rowing Bio]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071214093200/http://usrowing.org/News_Media/AthleteBios/scoppola.aspx US Rowing Bio]
* [https://web.archive.org/20081023003453/http://rowing.teamusa.org:80/athlete/athlete/647 US Olympic Bio]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081023003453/http://rowing.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/647 US Olympic Bio]
* [http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/story/417374.html Buffalo News Article on his Bronze Medal]
* [http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/story/417374.html Buffalo News Article on his Bronze Medal]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20080903115005/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/2/220422.shtml Athlete bio at 2008 Olympics site]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080903115005/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/2/220422.shtml Athlete bio at 2008 Olympics site]
* [http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=1325/bio/ NBC Olympics Bio]
* [http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=1325/bio/ NBC Olympics Bio]

{{World champions – Men's eight}}


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Latest revision as of 17:43, 2 April 2024

Steven Coppola
Personal information
Birth nameDouglas Steven Coppola Jr.
BornMay 22, 1984 (1984-05-22) (age 40)
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
EducationCanisius High School
Alma materPrinceton University
Spouse
Katharine Hagler
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(m. 2013)​
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Eight

Douglas Steven Coppola Jr. (born May 22, 1984, in Buffalo, New York) is an American rower. He won a bronze medal in the men's eight at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He is currently the Head Women's coach at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.

Biography

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Steven Coppola was born on May 22, 1884, in Buffalo, New York, a son of Mimi Barnes-Coppola and Douglas Steven Coppola Sr.[1] He attended Canisius High School, where he started rowing in 1998[2] at West Side Rowing Club's "Learn-to-Row" camp. He won multiple Scholastic National Rowing Championships.[3] He graduated from Canisius High School in 2002. He then went on to get his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in Psychology, from which he graduated in 2006.[4] He also won numerous National and International titles while rowing for Princeton and in 2005 and 2006. He was a member of the Princeton varsity eight that finished second in the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships. He made his Olympic debut at the 2008 Olympic Games, rowing for the United States,[5] where he and his team won a bronze medal in the 2000-meter race with a final time of 5:25.34, which was less than 2 seconds behind first place Canada.[6] Coppola is the first ever athlete from Western New York's West Side Rowing Club to receive an Olympic Medal.[3]

Race results

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International Results

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Year Race Event Place/Award Reference
2011 FISA World Championships Men's Eight 8th place [7]
2011 World Rowing Cup 3, Lucerne Men's Eight 3rd Place [7]
2009 FISA World Championships Men's Four 13th place [7]
2009 World Rowing Cup 3, Lucerne Men's Four 3rd place [7]
2008 Olympic Games Men's Eight 3rd place (Bronze Medal) [4]
2007 FISA World Championships Men's Eight 4th place [4]
2006 FISA World Championships Men's Eight 3rd place (Bronze Medal) [4]
2005 FISA World Championships Men's Eight 1st place (Gold Medal) [4]
2004 FISA World Championships Men's Four with Coxswain 3rd place (Bronze Medal) [4]
2003 Henley Royal Regatta Temple Challenge Cup 1st place (Temple Challenge Cup) [2]

National Results

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Year Race Event Place/Award Reference
2007 U.S. National Rowing Championships Men's Four with Coxswain 1st place (Gold Medal) [4]
2007 U.S. National Rowing Championships Men's Eight 2nd place (Silver Medal) [4]
2006 Intercollegiate Rowing Association Men's Championships Men's Varsity Eight 2nd place (Silver Medal) [4]
2006 Eastern Men's Sprints Men's Varsity Eight 1st place (Gold Medal)
2005 Intercollegiate Rowing Association Men's Championships Men's Varsity Eight 2nd place (Silver Medal) [4]
2005 Eastern Men's Sprints Men's Varsity Eight 3rd place (Bronze Medal) [4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Mallozzi, Vincent M. (18 August 2013). "Having the Stamina to Go the Distance". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Steven Coppola". US Rowing. 2008-06-27. Archived from the original on 2007-12-14. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
  3. ^ a b "Canisius High School Today Magazine" (PDF). Canisius High School Today. 1 (3). Buffalo, New York: Canisius High School: 5, 6. December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Steve Coppola". US Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on October 23, 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
  5. ^ "Steven Coppola". NBC Olympics. 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
  6. ^ Sullivan, Jerry (18 August 2008). "Steve Coppola of Buffalo wins bronze medal in rowing". Buffalo News. Retrieved 16 February 2009.
  7. ^ a b c d "Steven Coppola". Archived from the original on 2015-04-14. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
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