CHRIS LIWSKI

Hometown: Sarasota, Fla.

Current Residence: Princeton, N.J.

Club Affiliation: USRowing Training Center

Began Rowing: Riverview High School, 1994

Date of Birth: 4/21/80 

Height: 6’7” 

Weight: 218

High School: Riverview High School

Undergraduate Education: Syracuse University, 2002

Graduate Education: Oxford University, 2005; Boston College Law, 2007

Occupation: Attorney at Johnson & Johnson

Current Coach: Mike Teti

International Results: Won gold in the four with coxswain at the 2007 FISA World Championships...Won bronze in the eight at the 2006 FISA World Championships...Finished ninth in the pair at the 2005 FISA World Cup stop in Eton...Served as an alternate for the 2004 Olympic Team...Finished fourth in the eight at the 2004 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne...Finished second in the eight at the 2003 Kiel Canal Cup...Won gold in the eight and finished fourth in the pair at the 2003 Pan American Games...Won gold in the eight at the 2002 Under 23 World Regatta...Finished fifth in the four with coxswain at the 1997 FISA Junior World Championships.

National Results: Won gold in the eight and silver in the four at the 2007 USRowing National Championships...Won gold in the eight at the 2003 Head of the Charles...Won the pair at the 2003 Pan American Games Trials...Finished fourth in the four at the 1997 USRowing National Championships.

Personal: Chris is a five-time senior national team member...Growing up in Montreal, Canada, Chris played hockey as a child and only took up rowing in high school after moving to Florida...Chris majored in information technology in college but also studied music through his elective work...He is an avid theatre fan and collects everything from opera and classical music to jazz, rock and R&B...One of his favorite musical experiences was seeing an authentic performance of Handel’s Messiah live in Oxford University’s 350 year-old Sheldonian Theater...While at Oxford earning his masters in environmental policy with a specific focus on water policy and management, he also competed in and won the 151st racing of the Oxford vs. Cambridge Boat Race...Chris is currently working part-time with Johnson & Johnson’s in-house counsel and hopes to build a profession in litigation upon the completion of his rowing career...He also currently handles managerial duties for his girlfriend, Gia Bocra, who played host to the nationally-aired television show, The Wandering Golfer...Chris’s long-term aspirations include practicing law, as well as possibly teaching...He also hopes to find a way to work to aid international global water scarcity through educational programs and large-scale water conservation projects...In his spare time, Chris enjoys listening to all kinds of music, reading and cooking.

(updated 6/27/2008)