10 Facts About Carie Graves

Carie Brand Graves was an American rower and collegiate rowing coach.

Carie Graves was in the crew that in 1975 won the first national championship won by a University of Wisconsin varsity women's team.

Carie Graves was born in Madison, Wisconsin to parents Robert and Dyrele Graves.

Derry Carie Graves, who came from a circus family in Baraboo, Wisconsin, was a trained registered nurse.

One of Carie Graves' sisters is Leslie Carie Graves, founder of the Lucy Burns Institute.

Carie Graves was a member of the 1980 Olympic team, rowing in the eight that won the Lucerne International Regatta over East Germany, but was unable to compete due to the boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia.

Carie Graves was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal.

In 1981 Carie Graves was the six-oar for the women's eight that finished second at the World Championships in Munich.

Carie Graves then was recruited by the University of Texas, Austin to start their new rowing program in 1998.

Carie Graves died on December 19,2021, at the age of 68.