{"id":3480,"date":"2024-08-06T13:18:47","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T17:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.hisamitsu\/blog\/?p=3480"},"modified":"2025-06-10T01:00:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T05:00:46","slug":"meet-susan-francia-a-rowing-legend-two-time-olympic-gold-medalist-and-5-time-world-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/us.hisamitsu\/blog\/2024\/08\/06\/meet-susan-francia-a-rowing-legend-two-time-olympic-gold-medalist-and-5-time-world-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"Susan Francia: Rowing Legend, Two-Time  Gold Medalist and 5-time World Champion!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.hisamitsu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/susan-francia-robhammer-01-square-1080x1080-2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3487\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/us.hisamitsu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/susan-francia-robhammer-01-square-1080x1080-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/us.hisamitsu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/susan-francia-robhammer-01-square-1080x1080-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/us.hisamitsu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/susan-francia-robhammer-01-square-1080x1080-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/us.hisamitsu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/susan-francia-robhammer-01-square-1080x1080-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/us.hisamitsu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/susan-francia-robhammer-01-square-1080x1080-2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>Susan Francia, two-time Gold Medalist and 5-time World Champion. <br>Photo credit: Rob Hammer<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Susan Francia, a retired two-time Gold Medalist and 5-time World Champion in rowing, shares an insider&#8217;s perspective on the International Games in an exclusive video interview available on the Salonpas\u00ae <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_9keX3ZKSZQ?si=RxelI-EA8CMkgT_q\">YouTube<\/a> channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;During my intense training sessions, when pain struck, Salonpas\u00ae was there for me. Salonpas\u00ae consistently provided the relief I needed, boosting my confidence and mentality. Knowing I had the support to be in my best form at the starting line was crucial to my success.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Save $2 on Salonpas\u00ae when you sign up for updates and offers. Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/us.hisamitsu\/signup\/\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Susan Francia has trusted Salonpas\u00ae for 18 years and is now proudly representing Salonpas\u00ae as a Brand Ambassador.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-0 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Susan Francia: Rowing Legend, Two-Time Gold Medalist and 5-time World Champion!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[696,695,42,694],"class_list":["post-3480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-olympic-gold-medalist","tag-rowing","tag-salonpas","tag-susan-francia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.hisamitsu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.hisamitsu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.hisamitsu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.hisamitsu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.hisamitsu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3480"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/us.hisamitsu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3504,"href":"https:\/\/us.hisamitsu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3480\/revisions\/3504"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.hisamitsu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.hisamitsu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.hisamitsu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.hisamitsu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}