Carie Graves, a former Badgers rower who was one of 35 charter members inducted into the University of Wisconsin Hall of Fame in 1991, died Sunday at age 68 of Alzheimer’s.
A member of the women’s crew from 1973-76, Graves is UW’s only three-time Olympian (1976, 1980, 1984) and won bronze ('76) and gold ('84) in the Games. The Spring Green native was enshrined in the National Rowing Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2016.
"We lost a great one today, a legend, a pure force of nature," said former Olympic rower Mary O'Connor in a statement from Graves' family.