Vincent Puma

Hometown: Bronx, N.Y.

Current Residence: Irvington, N.Y.

Club Affiliation: Penn Athletic Club

Began Rowing: 1979 -- New York Athletic Club

Date of Birth: 2/12/1968  

Height: 5’4”  

Weight: 120

High School: Phillips Exeter Academy

Undergraduate Education: Georgetown University

Graduate Education: Fordham Law School, New York University Law School

Occupation: Self-employed as an attorney

Current Coach: Ted Nash

International Results: Finished fourth in the pair with coxswain at the 2006 FISA World Championships…Finished eighth in the pair with coxswain at the 2004 FISA World Championships.

National Results: Won the pair with coxswain at the 2006 World Championship Trials.

Personal: Vincent is a three-time senior national team member. He has been coxing for almost 30 years…Vincent would like to get a doctorate in law…He speaks Italian…Vincent has coached the lightweights at Penn AC for the last five years, winning several USRowing National Championships in the process…Vincent has coxed numerous Penn AC and New York Athletic Club boats to USRowing National Championships and Canadian Henley victories since the early 1980s…He won the masters eight event at the 2004 and 2006 Head of the Charles regattas.