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USLRA

THE UNITED STATES LIGHTWEIGHT
ROWING ASSOCIATION

The United States Lightweight Rowing Association
(USLRA) was founded in 2012 shortly after the London
Olympics. A small group of young and recent National Team and
Olympic lightweight rowers came together around two basic goals
- to develop a network of current and former lightweight rowers and
to raise money to support the lightweight rowers training for the 2016
Olympics and beyond.

In 2014, the NRF and the USLRA created a partnership to focus on these
goals together. In 2015 we worked together to energize the lightweight
community and to build dedicated support for the Olympic lightweight
movement. The NRF and USRowing have delivered a financial model
of fair and equitable treatment for all of the priority events, including
the lightweights, and the lightweight community is rallying behind
their leadership. The excitement is palpable and the progress has been
material, with first time donors coming forward to help our national
teams, some in significant amounts.

The USLRA is looking forward to extending this partnership with the
NRF into 2016, with the shared goal of putting our lightweight Olympic
boats into contention to win medals in Rio and beyond!

Sincerely,
The Board of the USLRA

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