Amanda Elmore (born March 13, 1991) is an American rower. She won the gold medal in the quad sculls at the 2015 World Rowing Championships and won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Woman's eight. Elmore graduated from Harrison High School in West Lafayette, Indiana in 2009, and earned a biology degree from Purdue University in 2013. She is the granddaughter of William Cronk Elmore. References External links 1991 births Living people American female rowers People from West Lafayette, Indiana World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States Purdue University alumni Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in rowing Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics 21st-century American women