Education
Growing up in Abington, Pennsylvania, she attended Abington Senior High School, followed by the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 2004 with a bachelors and a master"s degree in Criminology and Sociology.
Growing up in Abington, Pennsylvania, she attended Abington Senior High School, followed by the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 2004 with a bachelors and a master"s degree in Criminology and Sociology.
She currently resides in Princeton, New Jersey and is affiliated with the United States Rowing Training Center. She is fluent in Hungarian. Susan began rowing as a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania in 2001.
She was a Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Division I All-American at the University of Pennsylvania in 2004.
Susan has been an integral part of the increasingly fast and competitive United States Women"s National Teams in the past several years. She finished second in the pair at the second 2008 National Selection Regatta.
Since graduating she has served nine years as a United States. National Team member and won a Gold Medal with the 2012 Olympic Team in London, England and the 2008 Olympic Team in Beijing, China. She has aided the United States team to achieve remarkable success with many medals and high ranking finishes at the highest level competitions. In addition to her World Championship and World Cup successes, Susan won the Remenham Cup at the 2011 and 2006 Henley Royal Regatta. At the FISA World Rowing Championships in 2006, Francia won the gold medal in the women"s eight with a new world"s best time of 5:55.50. In addition to her international accomplishments Susan has also had much domestic success. She won the second National Selection Regatta in the pair in 2011, and all three National Selection Regattas in 2010. She won the championship eight at the 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2012 Head of the Charles Regatta in Cambridge, Massachusetts Won the eight and finished third in the pair at the 2007 United States Rowing National Championships. Won the double sculls at the second 2006 National Selection Regatta and finished second in the four at the 2004 United States. National Team Trials.