Gwynneth Coogan

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Gwynneth Coogan (born Gwynneth Hardesty on August 21, 1965 in Trenton, New Jersey) is a former Olympic athlete, educator and mathematician.

Hardesty attended Phillips Exeter Academy for two years, where she played squash and field hockey. She then attended Smith College, graduating in 1987, where she majored in math and took up running for the first time, and became the two-time NCAA Division III champion in the 3,000 meters. She qualified for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where she competed in the 10,000 meters. Four years later, she was an alternate for the women's marathon for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.^[1]

Coogan went on to earn her Ph.D. in math from the University of Colorado in 1999, working primarily in number theory. She did post-doctorate work with Ken Ono at the University of Wisconsin–Madison,^[2] taught at Hood College, and currently teaches math at Phillips Exeter Academy.^[3] She was married to fellow Olympian Mark Coogan.

Achievements

Representing the United States
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	13th in Heat 1	10,000 meters

References

↑ USATF athlete bio: http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/oldBios/2000/coogang.html
↑ Joint paper is #67 on this list of Ono's publications: http://www.math.wisc.edu/~ono/reprints/index.html
↑ List of Phillips Exeter Academy mathematics department faculty: http://www.exeter.edu/academics/84_faculty_list.aspx?dl=mathematics

Persondata
Name	Coogan, Gwynneth
Alternative names
Short description	Mathematician and Athletics (sport) competitor, long distance runner, marathoner
Date of birth	August 21, 1965
Place of birth	Trenton, New Jersey
Date of death
Place of death

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