JEN KAIDO

Hometown: West Leyden, N.Y.

Current Residence: Princeton, N.J.

Club Affiliation: USRowing Training Center

Began Rowing: Cornell University, 2002

Date of Birth: 3/14/81 

Height: 6’0” 

Weight: 180

High School: Adirondack High School

Undergraduate Education: Cornell University, 2003

Current Coach: Tom Terhaar

International Results: Finished second in the quadruple sculls at the 2008 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne...Finished eighth in the double sculls at the 2007 FISA World Championships...Finished fifth in the double sculls at the 2007 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne...Finished fourth in the double sculls at the 2007 FISA World Cup stop in Linz...Finished sixth in the quadruple sculls at the 2006 FISA World Championships...Finished fourth in the quadruple sculls at the 2006 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne...Served as an alternate at the 2005 FISA World Championships...Won bronze in the quadruple sculls at the 2005 FISA World Cup stop in Munich...Won the four and eight at the 2004 Canadian Henley.

National Results: Won the double sculls at the second 2007 National Selection Regatta...Finished third and second in the double sculls at the second and third 2006 National Selection Regattas, respectively...Finished fourth in the single sculls at the first 2006 National Selection Regatta...Finished third in the four at the 2004 U.S. National Team Trials.

Personal: Jennifer is a four-time national team member and first-time Olympian...She was the Female Athlete of the Year (2000-01) at the State University of New York at Cobleskill...She competed in volleyball and track & field at SUNY-Cobleskill before transferring to Cornell...Jennifer began rowing her senior year at Cornell...She worked at the Large Animal/Equine Vet Clinic on campus as a vet tech assistant her junior year...Jennifer grew up in a small town of approximately 500 people...She is very close to her family and most of her extended family lives within an hour...She says she gets her work ethic from her parents, who are the hardest working people she knows...Her father, who built their house, is an electrician and her mother is a licensed practical nurse...Jennifer also likes alpacas and would like to own an alpaca farm someday.

(updated 6/27/2008)