ALA PIOTROWSKI

Women’s Double Sculls

Hometown: Manchester, N.H.

Current Residence: Fairfield, Conn.

Club Affiliation: Saugatuck Rowing Club

Began Rowing: University of New Hampshire, 1993

Date of Birth: 11/8/75 

Height: 5’10” 

Weight: 155

High School: Manchester West High School

Undergraduate Education: University of New Hampshire, 1997

Occupation: Coach at Saugatuck Rowing Club

Current Coach: Guenter Buetter

International Results: Finished eighth in the double sculls at the 2007 FISA World Championships...Finished fifth in the double sculls at the 2007 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne...Finished fourth in the double sculls at the 2007 FISA World Cup stop in Linz...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...Won the eight and double sculls at the 2006 Tribesmen Head of the River in Ireland...Won bronze in the eight at the 2005 FISA World Cup stop in Munich...Finished sixth in the double sculls at the 2004 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne...Finished third in the double sculls at the 2004 Olympic Qualification Regatta...Won the collegiate division at the 1996 C.R.A.S.H.-B. World Indoor Rowing Championships.

National Results: Won the double sculls at the second 2007 National Selection Regatta...Finished second in the double sculls at the third 2006 National Selection Regatta...Finished third in the double sculls at the second 2006 National Selection Regatta...Finished fifth in the single sculls at the first 2006 National Selection Regatta...Finished fourth in the double sculls at the second 2005 National Selection Regatta...Won the double sculls at the 2004 Olympic Trials.

Personal: Ala is a two-time national team member...She enjoys writing, camping, fishing, and snowshoeing...Her mother, Terri, is the most supportive person in her life...Her father is a professor at UNH and an author of books relating to the Polish Holocaust...Ala’s brother is a professor of math at Cal State University at Fresno, and her sister is a violinist in the San Antonio Symphopy Orchestra in Texas.

(updated 11/6/2007)