Susan Francia
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| Full name | Zsuzsanna Francia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Hungarian American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 8, 1982 (age 43) Szeged, Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent(s) | Béla Francia Katalin Karikó | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zsuzsanna "Susan" Francia (Hungarian: Francia Zsuzsanna; born November 8, 1982) is a Hungarian-American two-time Olympic gold medalist rower. Growing up in Abington, Pennsylvania as the daughter of Nobel laureate, Hungarian biochemist and mRNA researcher Katalin Karikó, she attended Abington Senior High School, followed by the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in sociology of law and deviance and a master's degree in criminology. She resides in Princeton, New Jersey, and is affiliated with the US Rowing Training Center.