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Angela Madsen was an American Paralympian athlete in both rowing and track and field. In her long career, Madsen moved from race rowing to ocean challenges before switching in 2011 to track and field, winning a bronze medal in the shot put at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Madsen and her teammate Helen Taylor were the first women to row across the Indian Ocean. She died in June 2020 while attempting a solo row from Los Angeles to Honolulu.