SIMONA CHIN

Hometown: Houston, Texas

Current Residence: Washington, D.C.

Club Affiliation: Thompson Boat Club

Began Rowing: Stanford University, 1998

Date of Birth: 6/27/80 

Height: 5’2”

High School: St. John’s School

Undergraduate Education: Stanford University, 2002

Graduate Education: University of California at Berkeley, 2007

Occupation: Associate Director of MBA Student Services

Current Coach: Karen Lewis

National Results: Won the legs-trunk-arms four with coxswain at the 2008 USRowing National Championships...Won the men’s intermediate eight at the 2005 USRowing National Championships...Won the men’s intermediate lightweight four with coxswain and finished third in the men’s senior lightweight four with coxswain, women’s senior/elite eight and women’s senior/elite four with coxswain at the 2004 USRowing National Championships...Finished second in the women’s senior four with coxswain at the 2003 USRowing National Championships.

Personal: Coxswain...Simona is a first-time adaptive national team member and first-time Paralympian...She enjoys traveling, running on the National Mall, cooking, reading and cheering for the San Diego Chargers...Simona lists the most influential people in her sporting career as Stanford’s Craig Amerkhanian and New York Athletic Club’s Vinny Ventura for giving her the tools and knowledge to succeed in rowing and the most influential people in her life as her parents, sister and husband...Simona was a Haas Merit Scholar and Hewlett Packard Brand Innovation Fellow...While at Stanford, she was a member of the Pac-10 All-Academic Team and Athletic Director’s Honor Roll, and she received the Kent Mitchell Award for Excellence in Coxing.

(updated 7/3/2008)