Anna Seaton

Anna Seaton Huntington (born February 12, 1964) is an American rower and author. She competed in the women's eight oared shell in the 1988 Olympics and won a bronze medal in the coxless pair in 1992 at the Barcelona Games. She also won five World Championship silver medals during her six-year career on the U.S. National Rowing Team.

Anna Seaton
Personal information
Full nameAnna Seaton Huntington
BornFebruary 12, 1964 (1964-02-12) (age 56)
Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona Coxless pairs
World Rowing Championships
1987 Copenhagen W8+
1990 Tasmania W8+
1990 Tasmania W2-
1991 Vienna W4-

In 1995 she was a member of the first all women's team to vie for the America's Cup sailing trophy.[1] Seaton Huntington wrote a book about that campaign called, "Making Waves: The Inside Story of Managing and Motivating the First Women's Team to Compete for the America's Cup."

She has been inducted into the Harvard University sports Hall of Fame, the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame, and the National Rowing Foundation's Hall of Fame.[2]

Huntington graduated from Harvard in 1986 and received a M.S. from Columbia University in 1996.[3]

References
  1. Lippman, Laura (March 30, 1995). "Lost at Sea America3". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  2. "Seaton Huntington, Anna (Inducted 2010)". Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  3. "Seaton Huntington, Anna (Inducted 2010)". Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 22, 2018.


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