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NEW CANAAN, Conn. New Canaan's Charlie Cole was honored Wednesday night as USRowing's Male Athlete of the Year during the Golden Oars dinner in New York.
Cole competed for the U.S. team at the 2011 World Rowing Championships, finishing fourth in the mens four to qualify the boat for next summer's Olympics in London. Earlier this year, the Yale University graduate won bronze in the four at the 2011 Samsung World Rowing Cup in Lucerne and reached the finals of the Stewards Challenge Cup at the 2011 Henley Royal Regatta. Julie Nichols of California received the Female Athlete of the Year award.
View more pictures of the Golden Oars dinner at USRowing.org.
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