BJORN LARSEN

Men’s Lightweight Quadruple Sculls

Hometown: Lake Stevens, Wash.

Current Residence: Plymouth Meeting, Pa.

Club Affiliation: Caspersen Training Center

Began Rowing: Pacific Lutheran University, 1998

Date of Birth: 9/25/79 

Height: 6’1” 

Weight: 158

High School: Marysville-Pilchuck

Undergraduate Education: Pacific Lutheran University, 2003

Occupation: Pension Specialist for Electronic Data Systems

Current Coaches: Curt Browder, John Riley

International Results: Finished fifth in the lightweight quadruple sculls at the 2006 FISA World Championships...Finished 10th in the lightweight double sculls at the 2005 FISA World Championships...Finished fourth in the lightweight division at the 2005 C.R.A.S.H.-B. World Indoor Rowing Championships...Finished seventh in the lightweight division at the 2004 C.R.A.S.H.-B. World Indoor Rowing Championships.

National Results: Won the lightweight double sculls at the 2007 USRowing National Championships...Finished second in the lightweight four at the 2007 Pan American Games Trials...Won the lightweight quadruple sculls at the 2006 U.S. National Team Trials...Finished second in the lightweight double sculls at the second 2006 National Selection Regatta...Won the lightweight single sculls at the first 2006 National Selection Regatta... Won the lightweight double sculls at the second 2005 National Selection Regatta...Won the lightweight races in the intermediate pair, intermediate four with coxswain, senior four with coxswain, intermediate eight, and senior eight at the 2003 USRowing National Championships...Finished second in the elite lightweight pair at the 2003 USRowing National Championships.

Personal: Bjorn is a two-time national team member...He enjoys spending time with his fiancé, Laura, and watching and playing sports, particularly basketball, baseball, and football...He lists his hobbies as sports statistics, sports psychology, and fantasy baseball...Bjorn lists his most memorable sporting achievement as winning the lightweight four at the 2002 Dad Vail Regatta...He is an Eagle Scout.