Taylor Ritzel

Personal information
Born	September 4, 1988 (1988-09-04) (age 36) Aurora, Colorado
Medal record Women's rowing Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2012 London Women's eight World Championships 2010 Karapiro W8+ 2011 Lake Bled W8+

Taylor Ritzel (born September 4, 1988 in Aurora, Colorado)^[1] is an American rower who was part of the United States women's eight team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The team won an Olympic gold medal.^[2] She has also been part of the women's eight world championship winning team twice, in 2010 and 2011.^[3][4]

Ritzel started rowing at Yale University,^[5] from which she graduated in 2010.^[6] While at Yale, she won the I Eight event three times at the NCAA Championships (2007, 2008, 2010). Taylor is currently working in Beverly Hills in nonfiction series content acquisition at Netflix. ^{[citation needed]}