Marcus McElhenney (born July 27, 1981) is an American coxswain and attorney. He won a bronze medal in the men's eight at the 2008 Summer Olympics before a career in law and politics.

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Marcus McElhenney

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Born	July 27, 1981 (1981-07-27) (age 42) Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Medal record Men's rowing Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Men's Eight World Championships 2003 Milano Men's four 2005 Kaizu Men's Eight 2009 Poznan Men's pair 2005 Kaizu Men's four 2004 Banyoles Men's four 2006 Eton Men's Eight Eon Hanse Canal Cup 2003 Rendsburg Men's Eight 2004 Rendsburg Men's Eight 2005 Rendsburg Men's Eight 2006 Rendsburg Men's Eight Head of the Charles Regatta 2003 Boston Men's Eight U.S. Rowing Club & Elite National Championships 2007 Cooper River Men's Eight 2007 Cooper River Men's Four 2009 Oakridge Men's Eight

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McElhenney first competed internationally in 2001, representing the United States in Linz, Austria at the Nations' Cup (Under 23 World Championships) where he coxed the men's eight to a silver medal. McElhenney was invited to try out for the 2002 Under 23 World Championship team.

His first major international success at the senior/Olympic level came at the 2003 World Rowing Championships in Milan where he won a gold medal in the coxed four event. A year later at the 2004 World Rowing Championships, he won a bronze medal in the same event. At 2005 World Rowing Championships he coxed both the eights and fours, winning a gold and a silver medal respectively, the first US athlete to have earned two medals at the same World Rowing Championships. In 2007 won both the eights and coxed fours at the 2007 USRowing championships.

McElhenney grew up in Delaware County, Pennsylvania and graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is the cousin of actor Rob McElhenney.

He served as principal architect of the coxswain curriculum at Sparks Rowing, a social business that provides the largest amount of coxswain specific programming in the world.^[1] McElhenney graduated from the University of San Francisco School of law, and he currently practices law in California.

In 2017, he joined the Trump administration as part of the now-defunct White House Office of American Innovation. When he took the job, he was quoted as saying "Trump is hands down the greatest president we will ever have in our lifetime. He's a train with no brakes, and now I'm the conductor!"^[2] As of 2023, he was working as an attorney in California.^[3]