TYLER WINKLEVOSS

Hometown: Greenwich, Conn.

Current Residence: Princeton, N.J.

Club Affiliation: USRowing Training Center

Began Rowing: Saugatuck Boat Club, 1997

Date of Birth: 8/21/81 

Height: 6’5”  

Weight: 210

High School: Brunswick School

Undergraduate Education: Harvard University, 2004

Occupation: Co-Founder of ConnectU.com

Current Coach: Mike Teti

International Results: Served as an alternate at the 2007 FISA World Championships...Won gold in the eight and silver in the four at the 2007 Pan American Games...Finished sixth in the eight at the 2004 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne, Switzerland...Finished second in the Grand Challenge Cup at the 2004 Henley Royal Regatta...Finished eighth in the pair at the 1999 FISA World Junior Championships.

National Results: Finished second in the pair at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Rowing...Finished fourth in the pair at 2008 National Selection Regatta #2...Won the pair and finished third in the four at the 2007 USRowing National Championships...Won the four at the 2007 Pan American Games Trials...Finished fifth in the pair at 2008 National Selection Regatta #3...Won the pair at the 2006 National Selection Regatta #1...Won the pair at the 2005 USRowing National Championships...Won the pair at the 2005 Canadian Henley...Won the varsity eight at the 2004 Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) Championships...Won the varsity eight at the 2004 Eastern Sprints.

Personal: Tyler is a two-time senior national team member and first-time Olympian...Tyler enjoys cycling, reading and movies...He lists his most memorable sports achievement as winning the IRA Championship in 2004...Tyler chose rowing because his next door neighbor, Ethan Ayer, was a successful national team rower...He lists his personal heroes as his parents...Tyler lists Mario Cipollini, the Italian cyclist, and the Abbagnale brothers, as the most influential people in his sporting career...He is the co-founder of ConnectU.com, a college social networking Web site.

(updated 6/27/2008)