EMMA PREUSCHL

Hometown: Indianapolis, Ind.

Current Residence: West Lafayette, Ind.

Club Affiliations: Purdue Crew Club, Indianapolis Rowing Center

Began Rowing: Purdue Crew Club, 2003

Date of Birth: 10/13/84 

Height: 5’8”  

Weight: 150

High School: Cathedral High School

Undergraduate Education: Purdue University

Occupation: Nutritionist

Current Coaches: Jacob F. Hatch, David Kucik

National Results: Won the legs-trunk-arms four with coxswain at the 2008 USRowing National Championships...Finished third in the junior varsity eight at the 2007 Dad Vail Regatta.

Personal: Emma is a first-time adaptive national team member and first-time Paralympian... Emma says she rows “because I love the outdoors and the calming yet intense energy of the water”...She lists her family members as her personal heroes and her college coach, Jacob F. Hatch, as the most influential person in her sporting career...Emma lists her most memorable sporting achievements as winning a seat race in the Purdue varsity women’s eight for the 2006 season and winning a bronze medal in the junior varsity women’s eight at the 2007 Dad Vail Regatta...Emma eats a peanut butter and banana sandwich and listens to Tom Petty’s Learning to Fly before every race...She has Erbs Palsy of the brachial plexus, a condition that limits her strength and range of motion in one arm...Emma hopes to one day compete in the Boston Marathon and be a nutrition consultant for elite athletes...She earned a degree in dienetics and nutrition, fitness and health and currently is a nutritionist for the Tippecanoe County Women Infant and Children Program.

(updated 7/3/2008)