| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 1 | Eight | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 6:05.34 |
| World Championships | ||||
| 1 | Eight | 2011 | Bled, SLO | 6:03.65 |
| 1 | Eight | 2010 | Hamilton, NZL | 6:12.42 |
| 2 | Four | 2009 | Poznan, POL | 6:36.01 |
| World Cup | ||||
| 1 | Eight | 2011 | Lucerne, SUI | 6:28.35 |
| 2 | Pair | 2012 | Lucerne, SUI | 7:04.09 |
| 2 | Pair | 2012 | Lucerne, SUI | 7:04.09 |
| 2 | Pair | 2012 | Belgrade, SRB | 7:01.79 |
| 2 | Pair | 2012 | Belgrade, SRB | 7:01.79 |
Nickname
Elle, Ellie. (usrowing.org, 2011)
Hobbies
Singing, sailing, island hopping, basking in the sun on the Cote d'Azure, shopping at American Apparel and thrift stores, getting free makeovers at MAC cosmetics, basketball, skiing, tennis, golf, sailing, swimming, playing frisbee, boating, going to a disco, eating. (gostanford.com, 31 Jan 2011, rowingworld.com, 31 Jan 2011)
Occupation
Athlete
Education
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Language(s) spoken
French, English
Club name
US Rowing Training Center, Princeton, BC, CAN
Coach
Yasmin Farooq, Tom Terhaar [national] (usrowing.org, 2011)
Position and style
Sweep (usrowing.org, 2008)
Sporting relatives
As a child she was a competitive swimmer and won the 100m individual medley at the Maine State Championships when she was in third grade. She also played basketball at high school and helped her school to two state championships. (nbcolympics.com, 25 Jan 2010)
Debut
2007 for United States (nbcolympics.com, 25 Jan 2010)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
She started rowing in 2003 at the Brooks School in North Andover, United States. (US Rowing, 30 Jun 2008)
Reason for taking up this sport
She played tennis at high school until her history teacher's wife, who was the crew coach, suggested she try rowing. "My first practice was in San Diego for our winter training trip and we went out in the eight. I remember thinking that I needed a seatbelt because I thought I was going to fall out of the boat. Also we were rowing by six's and when I was the pair sitting out I was trying my hardest to keep my blade off the water so that I wouldn't disturb the people rowing. Everyone was yelling at me but I didn't understand why, I thought I was doing a pretty good job keeping my blade off." (row2k.com, 24 Jul 2008)
Ambitions
To compete at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (pac-10.org, 25 Jan 2010)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning a national championships for the Brooks School in 2004. (usrowing.org, 2011)
Superstitions / Rituals
She counts when she rows. (row2k.com, 24 Jul 2008)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"Don't let the lows get too low or the highs get too high." (pac-10.org, 25 Jan 2010)
Awards
She was named Pac-10 Women's Rowing Athlete of the Year in 2011 and was named to the All-Pac-10 Team. (gostanford.com, 2011)
She was a member of the Beijing Olympic Games gold medal winning women's eight team that was named 2008 FISA Crew of the Year. (gostanford.com, 25 Jan 2010)
She was named on the 2007 All-PAC-10 Conference Team and the 2007 All-American Team. (row2k.com, 25 Jan 2010)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008
