Emelie Eldracher rowing

Emelie Eldracher

Sport: Para-Rowing

Gold: 0 Silver: 1 Bronze: 0

Quick Facts

Birthday: September 16, 1999

Height: 5'4"

Age: 26

Hometown: Andover, MA

Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology '22

Biography

Quick Facts
  • Introduced to rowing through a introductory fall season during her freshman year of high school
  • Was a three-time letter winner in crew and springboard diving at Phillips Academy
  • Is a TedxMIT speaker and a Tang Soo Do fourth-degree black belt (master level)
  • Designed wearable AI software for the world's first intelligent heated jacket
  • Lists her mother, who leads her family and businesses alike, as her personal hero
  • Hobbies include fashion design (has sewn her own semiformal and formal dresses for the past two years), golf and listening to Taylor Swift
World Championships Experience
  • Most recent: 2023 – silver (PR3 Coxed Four - Mixed)
  • Years of participation: PR3 Coxed Four - Mixed 2022, 2023
  • Medals: 1 (1 silver)
    • Silver – 2023 (PR3 Coxed Four - Mixed)
Career Highlights
  • 2023 Para Rowing Regatta to Paris – gold (PR3 mixed four with coxswain)
  • 2022 Canadian Henley – 1st place (PR3 mixed four with coxswain)
  • 2019 Canadian Henley – 2nd place (U23 eight)
Paralympic Experience
  • 1-time Paralympian; 1-time Paralympic medalist (1 silver)
    • Paralympic Games Paris 2024, silver (PR3 Coxed Four - Mixed)