Wendy Tripician

Hometown: Needham, Mass.

Current Residence: Philadelphia, Pa.

Club Affiliation: Vesper Boat Club

Began Rowing: 1993 -- Simmons College

Date of Birth: 7/19/1974  

Height: 5’9”  

Weight: 130

High School: Needham High School

Undergraduate Education: Simmons College, 1996

Graduate Education: Simmons College, 2002

Occupation: Nurse at Hospital of University of Pennsylvania

Current Coach: Michiel Bartman

International Results: Finished 11th in the lightweight double sculls at the 2007 FISA World Championships...Finished fourth in the lightweight double sculls at the 2007 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne...Finished third in the lightweight double sculls at the 2007 FISA World Cup stop in Amsterdam...Finished seventh in the lightweight quadruple sculls at the 2005 FISA World Championships...Finished second in the lightweight quadruple sculls at the 2003 Pan American Games...Finished third in the lightweight quadruple sculls at the 2002 FISA World Championships.

National Results: Won the lightweight double sculls at the second 2007 National Selection Regatta...Won the lightweight single sculls at the 2005 Head of the Charles...Won the lightweight quadruple sculls at the 2005 U.S. National Team Trials...Won the lightweight quadruple sculls at the 2003 Pan American Games Trials...Won the lightweight eight at the 2002 Head of the Charles...Won the lightweight eight and senior lightweight quadruple sculls at the 2001 USRowing National Championships.

Personal: Wendy is a four-time national team member...She enjoys hiking, reading and the beach…She became interested in rowing when her father would take her to the Head of the Charles…After high school, Wendy became too tall to continue her gymnastics career and began rowing.