LIA PERNELL

Hometown: Seattle, Wash.

Current Residence: Seattle, Wash.

Club Affiliation: George Pocock Rowing Center

Began Rowing: Green Lake Crew, 1995

Date of Birth: 8/16/81 

Height: 5’8” 

Weight: 150

High School: Garfield High School

Undergraduate Education: Princeton University

Current Coach: Tom Terhaar

International Results: Finished second in the quadruple sculls at the 2008 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne...Finished sixth in the quadruple sculls at the 2007 FISA World Championships...Finished fifth 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...Finished eighth in the double sculls at the 2005 FISA World Championships...Finished seventh in the four at the 2004 FISA World Championships...Won bronze in the double sculls at the 2002 World Under 23 Regatta...Finished 12th in the single sculls at the 1999 FISA Junior World Championships.

National Results: Won the double sculls at the third 2006 National Selection Regatta and finished second in the double sculls at the second 2006 NSR...Won the double sculls at the third 2006 National Selection Regatta, finished second in the double sculls at the second 2006 NSR, and finished second in the single sculls at the first 2006 NSR...Won the double sculls at the second 2005 National Selection Regatta and finished second in the single sculls at the first 2005 NSR...Won the single sculls at the 1999 USRowing Youth Invitational...Won the double sculls at the 1997 USRowing Youth Invitational.

Personal: Lia is a five-time senior national team member and first-time Olympian...Lia was a three-time All-American and Princeton’s captain in 2003...She is a vegetarian...Lia enjoys reading, running, cycling and all competitive events...Her favorite place to compete is Italy...Lia’s favorite song is Won’t Back Down by Tom Petty and her favorite band is Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band...Lia said if she weren’t rowing she would be playing harmonica with the Rolling Stones...Her favorite sport other than rowing is basketball...Lia said she caught the Olympic bug in 1984 when the Olympics were in Los Angeles and her family was living there...She said, “I was three but it was all I could think about from there on out.”

(updated 6/27/2008)