CAROLINE LIND

Hometown: Greensboro, N.C.

Current Residence: Princeton, N.J.

Club Affiliation: USRowing Training Center

Began Rowing: Phillips Academy, 2000

Date of Birth: 10/11/82 

Height: 6’0” 

Weight: 185

High School: Phillips Academy

Undergraduate Education: Princeton University, 2006

Current Coach: Tom Terhaar

International Results: Won silver in the pair at the 2008 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne...Won bronze in the pair at the 2008 FISA World Cup stop in Munich...Won gold in the eight at the 2007 FISA World Championships...Won gold in the eight at the 2007 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne...Won bronze in the pair at the 2007 FISA World Cup stop in Linz...Won gold in the eight at the 2006 FISA World Championships...Won silver in the eight at the 2006 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne...Won the Remenham Cup at the 2006 Henley Royal Regatta...Finished fourth in the eight and sixth in the pair at the 2005 FISA World Championships...Won bronze in the eight at the 2005 FISA World Cup stop in Munich...Finished fourth in the eight at the 2000 FISA Junior World Championships.

National Results: Won gold in the four and eight and bronze in the pair at the 2007 U.S. National Championships...Won gold in the varsity eight at the 2006 NCAA Championships...Won the pair at the 2005 U.S. National Team Trials...Finished second in the varsity eight at the 2005 NCAA Championships...Finished fourth in the varsity eight at the 2004 NCAA Championships...Finished eighth in the varsity eight at the 2003 NCAA Championships.

Personal: Caroline is a four-time senior national team member and first-time Olympian...In addition to rowing, Caroline played water polo and basketball at Phillips Academy...She ran track as a freshman while attending high school in North Carolina, finishing eighth in the state in the 300 hurdles...Caroline says she loves all kinds of music and is really into Akon and Teitur right now...Her first concert was Melissa Ferrick, and her first big concert was the Rolling Stones...Caroline also enjoys movies and watching CSI...Her father, who has been a public defender in North Carolina for 30 years, played basketball at Duke University from 1966-1969...Caroline says that he is one of her heroes in life because he has dedicated his life to serving people...After she gets done rowing, Caroline would like to attend law school and wants to focus on discrimination law...Caroline debuted in Greensboro, N.C., in 2002, and in 2003, she became a national debutante, debuting at the Debutante Cotillion Ball in Washington, D.C...She currently works at a start-up pharmaceutical company, Aton Pharma.

(updated 6/27/2008)