GREG RUCKMAN

Men’s Lightweight Eight

Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio

Current Residence: Camano Island, Wash.

Club Affiliation: Riverside Boat Club

Began Rowing: Harvard University, 1992

Date of Birth: 12/30/73 

Height: 6’1” 

Weight: 155

High School: Wyoming High School

Undergraduate Education: Harvard University, 1996

Occupation: Entrepreneur

Current Coach: Bruce Smith

International Results: Finished fifth in the lightweight eight at the 2007 FISA World Championships...Finished fifth in the lightweight eight at the 2006 FISA World Championships...Finished sixth in the lightweight quadruple sculls at the 2005 FISA World Championships...Finished seventh in the lightweight double sculls at the 2004 Olympic Games...Finished fourth in the lightweight double sculls at the 2004 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne...Won the lightweight double sculls at the 2004 Olympic Qualification Regatta in Lucerne...Finished 13th in the lightweight double sculls at the 2003 FISA World Championships...Won bronze in the lightweight double sculls at the 2003 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne...Won gold in the lightweight double sculls at the 2003 FISA World Cup stop in Munich...Finished third overall in the 2003 FISA World Cup standings...Finished sixth in the lightweight four at the 2000 Olympic Games...Won gold in the lightweight eight at the 1999 FISA World Championships...Finished ninth in the lightweight double sculls at the 1998 FISA World Championships...Finished 12th in the lightweight double sculls at the 1998 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne...Finished second in the Double Sculls Challenge Cup at the 1998 Henley Royal Regatta...Finished fourth in the lightweight quadruple sculls at the 1997 FISA World Championships...Finished fourth in the Thames Cup at the 1995 Henley Royal Regatta.

National Results: Won the lightweight eight at the 2007 U.S. National Team Trials...Won the lightweight eight at the 2006 U.S. National Team Trials...Won the lightweight quadruple sculls at the 2005 National Team Trials...Won the lightweight double sculls at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials...Won the lightweight double sculls at the 2003 National Selection Regatta #2...Finished second in the lightweight double sculls at the 2000 Olympic Trials...Finished second in the lightweight single sculls at the 1998 Head of the Charles...Won the lightweight double sculls and lightweight quadruple sculls at the 1997 USRowing National Championships.

Personal: Greg is an eight-time national team member...He graduated with honors from Harvard with a degree in philosophy...Greg, who began rowing at Harvard, failed to make any racing boats his freshman year...In high school, he was a runner and won the 3,200m, 1,600m, 800m and 4x800m relay at his league track and field championships in 1992...He won the Englewood Reserve Marathon that is contested on a 2.5-mile muddy loop...Greg is an Eagle Scout...Following the 2000 Olympics, Greg raced bicycles for Team Hacock-Moto and finished second at the 2001 Mount Washington Hill Climb...He works at Home Depot through the USOC’s Olympic Job Opportunities Program.

(updated 11/6/2007)