RENEE HYKEL

Hometown: Haverford, Pa.

Current Residence: Princeton, N.J.

Club Affiliations: USRowing Training Center, Penn AC

Began Rowing: St. Joseph’s University, 1997

Date of Birth: 5/31/79 

Height: 5’9” 

Weight: 128

High School: Haverford High School

Undergraduate Education: St. Joseph’s University, 2001

Graduate Education: Rutgers School of Law

Current Coach: Cameron Kiosoglous

International Results: Finished second in the lightweight double sculls at the 2008 Final Olympic Qualification Regatta...Finished eighth in the double sculls at the 2008 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne...Finished ninth in the lightweight double sculls at the 2006 FISA World Championships...Won bronze in the lightweight double sculls at the 2006 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne...Finished 16th in the lightweight double sculls at the 2006 FISA World Cup stop in Munich...Won silver in the lightweight double sculls at the 2005 FISA World Championships...Won bronze in the lightweight quadruple sculls at the 2004 FISA World Championships...Finished fourth in the lightweight pair at the 2003 FISA World Championships.

National Results: Won the lightweight double sculls at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials... Finished fifth in the double sculls at the second 2008 National Selection Regatta...Finished second in the lightweight single sculls at the 2007 U.S. National Team Trials...Won the lightweight single sculls at the 2007 USRowing National Championships...Won the lightweight single sculls at the 2006 Head of the Charles...Won the lightweight double sculls at the second 2006 National Selection Regatta...Won the lightweight double sculls at the second 2005 National Selection Regatta...Won the lightweight quadruple sculls at the 2004 U.S. National Team Trials...Finished second in the lightweight double sculls at the 2004 Olympic Trials...Finished third in the lightweight double sculls at the second 2004 National Selection Regatta... Won national titles in the elite lightweight pair, elite lightweight double sculls, and senior lightweight double sculls at the 2003 USRowing National Championships...Won gold in the lightweight four with coxswain at the 2003 Head of the Charles...Won the lightweight pair at the 2003 U.S. National Team Trials.

Personal: Renee is a five-time national team member and first-time Olympian...Renee is currently in law school and plans to have her own business upon graduation...She lists her hobbies as playing catch with any ball, shooting, painting, swimming and writing...Renee said her favorite band is No Doubt and her favorite television show is Dexter...Renee’s I-pod ergometer workout mix includes Justin Timberlake, Prince, Madonna, Metallica, Guns ‘N Roses, C&C Music Factory, U2, Missy Elliot, Thievery Corporation and TLC...She lists her favorite book as White Oleander by Janet Fitch...Her favorite sport other than rowing is ice hockey, and she is a fan of the Philadelphia Flyers...Renee lists her favorite Olympic moment as watching Michael Johnson become the fastest man in the world.

(updated 6/19/2008)