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Zsuzsanna " Susan " Francia [1] ( Hungarian: Francia Zsuzsanna; born November 8, 1982 [2]) is a Hungarian-American two-time Olympic gold medalist rower.
Susan is an internationally recognized rower, coach, and motivational speaker with a passion for writing and helping others. Despite her start as an uncoordinated basketball player, she discovered the sport of rowing at the University of Pennsylvania and immediately fell in love with it.
My story. After seeing recruiting flyers for the rowing team, I emailed the coach and began to row my sophomore year. Something clicked with rowing. For the first time I didn’t just have ‘potential,’ I was actually excelling!
10 Dis 2023 · Susan Francia is a two-time Olympic gold medalist in rowing and the daughter of Katalin Karikó, who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine for mRNA research. Learn how they support each other and share their stories of perseverance and success.
Susan Francia is a US rower who won two gold medals in the women's eight at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. She is the daughter of Katalin Karikó, who received the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her work on mRNA therapies.
28 Jun 2021 · Olympic rower Susan Francia and her mother, Katalin Kariko, one of the pioneering scientists behind the coronavirus vaccines, fought hard to pursue their versions of the American dream. Francia...
Susan FRANCIA. Olympic rowing champion Susan Francia and her Nobel Prize-winning scientist mother Katalin Karikó on perseverance and supporting each other.
