Patricia Spratlen


Patricia Maria Spratlen is an American former competitive rower. She rowed at the University of California, Berkeley.

Olympian

Spratlen qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but was unable to compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. In 2007, she received one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes. She was a member of the American women's coxed fours team that finished fourth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Personal

Her son Emerson Etem is a professional ice hockey player.