LEIGH HEYMAN

Men’s Lightweight Eight

Hometown: Newton, Mass.

Current Residence: Cambridge, Mass.

Club Affiliation: New York Athletic Club

Began Rowing: New York Athletic Club, 1995

Date of Birth: 8/7/71 

Height: 5’6” 

Weight: 124

High School: Noble and Greenough School

Undergraduate Education: Sarah Lawrence College, 1998

Occupation: Information Technology Administrator at Blue State Digital

Current Coaches: Bruce Smith, Vinny Ventura

International Results: Finished fifth in the lightweight eight at the 2007 FISA World Championships.

National Results: Won the lightweight eight at the 2007 U.S. National Team Trials...Won the championship eight and the senior eight at the 2004 Canadian Henley...Won the lightweight men’s eight at the 2001, 2002 and 2003 Head of the Charles regattas...Won the elite lightweight eight at the 2002 USRowing National Championships...Won the senior lightweight four with coxswain at the 2001 USRowing National Championships...Won the lightweight eight dash at the 2001 Canadian Henley.

Personal: Coxswain...Leigh is a first-time national team member...He enjoys sailing, ice hockey and golf...Leigh lists winning the Head of the Charles in 2001 as his most memorable sporting achievement...He raced internationally in junior cycling in the mid-1980s.

(updated 11/6/2007)