Gevvie Stone '07 Takes Home Silver Medal at Rio Olympics

Princeton rower Gevvie Stone ’07 earned herself a spot on the podium after her performance in the women’s single sculls Final A this morning, where she took home the silver medal for Team USA with a time of 7:22.92.

Stone entered today’s medal race after an outstanding semifinal, where she finished second in her group with a time of 7:44.56. However, she turned out an even better performance in the finals. Stone held a strong position throughout the race and even made a convincing run for gold, finishing just a second off of Australian Kim Brennan’s first place time of 7:21.54. Nevertheless, Stone still came in nearly two seconds ahead of third-place finisher Duan Jingli of China, who had taken first place overall in yesterday’s semifinal competition.

The performance resulted in Stone’s first career Olympic medal. She previously competed in the same event at the 2012 London Games, finishing seventh overall.

Stone, a Boston native, graduated from Princeton in 2007, where she was a standout on the Tigers’ crew team, forming part of an undefeated eight her freshman and junior years before moving to the single scull.