SEBASTIAN BEA

Hometown: San Francisco, Calif.

Current Residence: Princeton, N.J. 

Club Affiliation: Caspersen Training Center 

Began Rowing: St. Ignatius High School

Date of Birth: 4/10/77

Height: 6'6"

Weight: 215

High School: St. Ignatius High School

Undergraduate Education: University of California at Berkeley, Economics and English

Current Coach: Mike Teti

International Results: Won a silver medal in the pair at the 2000 Olympic Games...Won a bronze medal in the eight at the 2000 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne, Switzerland...Finished second in the pair at the 2000 FISA European Olympic Qualification Regatta...Finished 13th in the pair at the 1999 FISA World Championships...Finished seventh in the four at the 1998 FISA World Championships...Won gold in the eight at the 1997 FISA World Championships.

National Results: Finished second in the pair and third in the four at the 2007 USRowing National Championships...Won the four at the 2007 Pan American Games Trials...Won the pair at the 2000 Olympic Team Trials...Won the varsity eight at the 1999 Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) Championships...Won the varsity eight at the 1999 San Diego Crew Classic...Won the eight and finished fourth in the four with coxswain at the 1998 USRowing National Championships...Finished third in the varsity eight at the 1998 Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) Championships...Finished third in the varsity eight at the 1997 Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) Championships...Finished second in the varsity eight at the 1997 San Diego Crew Classic...Finished second in the freshman eight at the 1996 Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) Championships...Won the freshman eight at the 1996 San Diego Crew Classic.

Personal: Sebastian is a five time national team member...In 1999, his University of California crew was undefeated, won the collegiate championship and rowed the fastest college time ever...He has worked for Credit Suisse since 2001 in institutional sales...He was a spare on the 1999 U.S. National Team but was tapped to compete in the men’s pair when Cyrus Beasley was pulled from the event following the semifinals due to a shoulder injury...Sebastian’s hobbies include cycling and basketball...His father, Carlos, played for the Cuban basketball team at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland...He is married to Renee Beltranena Bea.