Jennifer Dore-Terhaar (2000) - Rutgers Athletics Hall of Fame

Jennifer Dore-Terhaar

Induction:
2000
Class:
1993

After a successful career at Kearny High School, Dore-Terhaar came to Rutgers and was a three-year varsity letterwinner and key contributor to the Scarlet Knights' nationally-ranked women's crew team. Dore-Terhaar first made the United States National Rowing Team and competed in the World Championships right after graduation, winning a silver medal in the women's 8-oared event. She won her second World Championship medal, another silver, in 1994 in the women's eight and won her first World Championship in 1995 when she stroked the U.S. Women's Eight to a gold medal. In 1996, Dore-Terhaar became the first Rutgers oarswoman to compete in the Olympics, placing fourth in the women's eight. In 1997, Dore-Terhaar took up sculling and made the National Team that year. She helped the 1999 team to a fourth-place finish at the World Championships and competed in her second Olympics in Sydney, Australia, as a member of the Quadruple Scull Team in 2000. Dore-Terhaar has won five national titles at the U.S. National Rowing Championships and has won numerous medals at other international events, including the '98 Henley Royal Regatta, the Goodwill Games and the Lucerne Regatta.