LINDSAY MEYER

Hometown: Seattle, Wash.

Current Residence: Seattle, Wash.

Club Affiliations: USRowing Training Center, Lake Union Crew

Began Rowing: Lake Union Crew, 2003

Date of Birth: 9/23/88 

Height: 5’11” 

Weight: 175

High School: Holy Names Academy

Current Coaches: Tom Terhaar, Conal Groom

International Results: Finished second in the quadruple sculls at the 2008 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne...Served as an alternate at the 2007 FISA World Championships...Won gold in the quadruple sculls at the 2007 Under 23 World Championships...Won bronze in the single sculls at the 2006 FISA Junior World Championships...Won gold in the quadruple sculls and eight at the 2005 CanAmMex Regatta.

National Results: Finished fourth in the double sculls at the second 2008 National Selection Regatta...Took silver in the quadruple sculls and bronze in the double sculls at the 2007 USRowing National Championships...Won gold in the intermediate single sculls, gold in the senior single sculls, and silver in the elite/open single sculls at the 2006 USRowing National Championships...Won gold in the single sculls at the 2006 USRowing Youth National Championships...Won gold in the intermediate four with coxswain and intermediate eight at the 2005 USRowing National Championships...Won silver in the four with coxswain at the 2005 USRowing Youth National Championships.

Personal: Lindsay is a two-time senior national team member and first-time Olympian..She wants to row at a Division I school and become a doctor...Lindsay believes her coach, Conal Groom, has been the most influential person in her rowing career because he has taught her not to worry about the little things she can’t change...Her greatest rowing memory is winning the women’s single sculls at the 2006 USRowing Youth National Championships...She enjoys cooking, baking and cycling...Her favorite band is Beatnik...Lindsay lists her favorite movies as Shakespeare in Love, Juno and Cool Runnings and her favorite television shows as CSI and Grey’s Anatomy...Her favorite author is William Shakespeare...Lindsay’s favorite sports other than rowing are Cyclocross and Ultimate Frisbee.

(updated 6/27/2008)