Esther Lofgren

Hometown: Newport Beach, Calif.

Current Residence: Princeton, N.J.

Club Affiliation: Radcliffe Crew/Riverside Boat Club

Began Rowing: 1998 -- Newport Aquatic Center

Date of Birth: 2/28/1985  

Height: 6’2”  

Weight: 175

High School: Newport Harbor High School

Undergraduate Education: Harvard University, 2008

Current Coaches: Tom Terhaar, Melanie Onufrieff

International Results: Won the eight at the 2008 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne...Served as an alternate at the 2007 FISA World Championships…Won the quadruple sculls at the 2007 FISA Under 23 World Championships…Won the eight at the 2006 FISA Under 23 World Championships…Finished third in the four at the 2006 FISA World Championships…Won the eight and women’s eight dash at the 2005 Canadian Henley.

National Results: Finished 11th in the eight at the 2007 NCAA Championships…Finished fifth in the youth eight at the 2003 Head of the Charles Regatta…Finished sixth in the eight at the 2003 USRowing Youth Invitational…Finished ninth in the eight at the 2002 USRowing Youth Invitational.

Personal: Esther is a three-time senior national team member who also rowed for three years on the under 23 national team…Esther was a volleyball player but transitioned to rowing, in part, at the suggestion of her best friend…She was named Newport Aquatic Center’s MVP for 2003…Esther also was a National Merit Scholarship Winner in 2003…The night before a race, she paints her toenails gold…Her parents, Karl and Christine Lofgren, were both elite rowers and her mother is her personal hero for all that she has accomplished inside and out of rowing…In the future, Esther hopes to win gold for the USA at worlds and the Olympics, at least once for a sweep event and once for a sculling event…She also hopes to work in appropriate technology and microfinance in either Zambia or Southeast Asia.