Daphne Martschenko

Daphne Martschenko (born in London, November 6, 1992)[1] is an American student athlete and academic. She attended Oakton High School in Fairfax, Virginia, joining the crew team her freshman year.[2] She later attended Stanford University, majoring in Slavic languages and anthropology.[2][3] While at Stanford, she earned two gold medals, one in the NCAA Division I Rowing Championship.[4] She represented the United States at two World Rowing U23 Championships.[1] In 2014, she enrolled at the University of Cambridge where she obtained a PhD focusing on the impact of behavioral genetics on the education system.[5] While at Cambridge, she competed in the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race and was elected president of the Cambridge University Women's Boat Club for the 2018 boat race campaign.[3] She is currently an assistant professor at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics.[6]

Martschenko at The Boat Race 2018

Early life

Martschenko was born in London to Alex, a U.S. foreign service officer of Ukrainian heritage, and Oluwatoyin ("Toyin"), originally from Nigeria. She has three sisters and lived in Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine while young.[4][7]

References
  1. "Daphne Martschenko profile", Official website, World Rowing, retrieved 2018-05-17
  2. Molly Bruggeman (March 23, 2018), "Martschenko Leads Cambridge Women into Boat Race", Official website, USRowing, archived from the original on May 18, 2018, retrieved May 18, 2018
  3. James Lee (March 22, 2018), "Blondie 2018", Official website, Cambridge University Women's Boat Club, archived from the original on 2018-05-18, retrieved 2018-05-17
  4. 2010-11 Women's Rowing Roster: Daphne Martschenko, Stanford Athletics, retrieved 2018-05-18
  5. "Daphne Martschenko - Behavioural genetics and intelligence: its impact on the US education system", Gates Cambridge Scholarships official website, Gates Foundation, June 20, 2016, archived from the original on 2018-05-18, retrieved 2018-05-17
  6. "Daphne O. Martschenko's Profile | Stanford Profiles". profiles.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  7. Richard Winton (March 24, 2016), Boat Races 2016: Daphne Martschenko has travelled a long way to reach Cambridge, BBC


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