KEN JURKOWSKI

Hometown: New Fairfield, Conn.

Club Affiliation: Unaffiliated

Began Rowing: Cornell University, 1999

Date of Birth: 9/2/81 

Height: 6’2” 

Weight: 208

High School: New Fairfield High School

Undergraduate Education: Cornell University, 2003

International Results: Finished 11th in the single sculls at the 2008 Olympic Games...Won the single sculls at the 2008 Final Olympic Qualification Regatta...Finished ninth in the single sculls at the 2008 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne...Won bronze in the eight at the 2006 FISA World Championships...Finished ninth in the quadruple sculls at the 2005 FISA World Championships.

National Results: Won the single sculls at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials...Won the single sculls at the first 2008 National Selection Regatta...Finished third in the double sculls at the second 2006 National Selection Regatta...Won the single sculls at the first 2006 National Selection Regatta...Finished third in the double sculls at the second 2005 National Selection Regatta...Finished sixth the single sculls at the first 2005 National Selection Regatta...Finished second in the double sculls at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials...Finished third in the single sculls at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials...Won the elite double sculls and finished second in the senior single sculls at the 2003 USRowing National Championships.

Personal: Ken is a three-time national team member and first-time Olympian.

(updated 6/19/2008)