LISA SCHLENKER

Women’s Lightweight Single Sculls

Hometown: Lake Oswego, Ore.

Current Residences: Portland, Ore./Princeton, N.J.

Club Affiliation: New York Athletic Club

Began Rowing: 1992

Date of Birth: 10/7/64 

Height: 5’6” 

Weight: 130

High School: Lake Oswego High School

Undergraduate Education: Portland State University

International Results: Finished sixth in the lightweight single sculls at the 2006 FISA World Championships...Finished seventh in the lightweight double sculls at the 2004 Olympic Games...Finished fourth in the lightweight double sculls at the 2003 FISA World Championships...Finished fifth in the lightweight double sculls at the 2003 FISA World Cup stop in Munich...Won silver in the lightweight single sculls at the 2002 FISA World Championships...Finished fourth in the lightweight single sculls at the 2001 FISA World Championships...Served as an alternate on the 2000 Olympic Team...Finished fourth in the lightweight single sculls at the 2000 FISA World Championships...Won the international lightweight event with a world-record time of 6:56.7 at the 2000 C.R.A.S.H.-B. World Indoor Championships...Won silver in the lightweight single sculls at the 1999 FISA World Championships...Won silver in the lightweight quadruple sculls at the 1998 FISA World Championships...Won gold in the lightweight quadruple sculls at the 1995 Pan American Games...Served as an alternate at the 1994 FISA World Championships.

National Results: Won the lightweight double sculls at the 2004 Olympic Trials and finished second in the heavyweight single sculls at the 2000 Olympic Trials...Won three national titles at the 1998 USRowing National Championships.

Personal: Lisa is a 10-time national team member...She was named USRowing’s 1999 Female Athlete of the Year...In 2003, she was the recipient of the New York Athletic Club’s James M. Cook Award (Athlete of the Year)...Outside of rowing, Lisa enjoys mountain biking, skiing, rock climbing, and photography...Lisa was the first lightweight woman to break the seven-minute barrier on the ergometer...After rowing, Lisa would like to publish a black-and-white photo book of rowing...She also would like to compete in Eco-Challenge style races.