Grace Luczak
2021 Olympic
- 11National Teams
- 4thHighest Olympic Finish
- 9World Championship Medals
National Teams
Eleven-Junior, 2007; Under 23, 2009-11; Senior, 2009-10, 2013-15; Olympic, 2016, 2020
International Results
Finished seventh in the four at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Finished fourth in the pair at the 2016 Olympic Games. Won gold in the pair and eight at the 2016 World Rowing Cup II. Won gold in the four at the 2015 World Rowing Championships. Won gold in the eight and four at the 2015 World Rowing Cup II. Won gold in the eight at the 2014 World Championships. Won gold in the eight and bronze in the pair at the 2014 World Rowing Cup II. Won gold in the eight at the 2013 World Rowing Championships. Won gold and set a world record (5:54.16) in the eight at the 2013 World Rowing Cup III. Won silver in the eight at the 2013 World Rowing Cup I. Won gold and set a world record in the pair at the 2011 World Rowing Under-23 Championships. Finished third in the eight at the 2011 World Rowing Under-23 Championships. Finished third in the four at the 2010 World Rowing Championships. Won gold in the eight at the 2010 World Rowing Under-23 Championships. Served as an alternate on the 2009 World Championships squad. Finished second in the eight and fifth in the pair at the 2009 World Rowing Under-23 Championships. Finished third in the eight at the 2007 World Rowing Junior Championships.
National Results
Finished first in the pair at the 2016 National Selection Regatta I. Finished third in the pair at the 2015 National Selection Regatta I. Finished second in the pair at the 2014 National Selection Regatta I. Finished third in the pair at the 2013 National Selection Regatta II. Won the varsity eight and the team championship at the 2009 NCAA Championships. Won the varsity eight at the 2009 Pac-10 Conference Championships. Finished second in the eight at the 2007 USRowing Youth National Championships. Finished third in the four with coxswain at the 2006 USRowing Youth National Championships.
Personal
Grace lists her personal heroes as her parents. She is a world record holder -- one current in the women's eight set in 2013 and one former for the U23 women's pair. World Rowing has named her as one of the Top 10 Female Rowers in the World. Grace started rowing after her mom read an article titled, Do you have tall daughters? Would you like them to go to college for free? Have them try rowing. Grace and her Irish Twin sister, Claire, attended Pioneer High School rowing teams conditioning practices that spring and then signed up for summer rowing at Ann Arbor Rowing Club that summer. After the first two weeks of conditioning running in the snow and ice, she decided to play club volleyball instead. The following fall she joined the team again and went on to co-captain and come in third at the USRowing Youth National Championships in the four. While in middle school, she took the nerd bus to high school to take AP Math. Grace was invited to play on the USA Volleyball development team. She was a Junior Master Gardener. After graduating early from high school, she joined Maritime Rowing Club in Connecticut, where her first job was boathouse janitor. Grace was named the Freshman of the Year at the University of Michigan. She graduated from Stanford University where she received the Stanford Award for Excellence and won a NCAA Championship. She lists rowing with her sister in high school as her most memorable sporting achievement. Grace worked at Ernst & Young (EY) in internal mergers & acquisitions after the 2016 Olympics. She has two siblings, Claire and Connor. Her parents are Tom Luczak and Martha Portz Luczak. Her fiancis Dr. Michael Fattal, the unofficial team ENT consultant. Her hobbies include road trips in her lime-green Ford Fiesta named Kermit, dancing, cooking, gardening and visiting the National Parks. Her earliest competition was winning a diaper crawling race. The near-death experiences of both of her siblings gave her the perspective to appreciate life, bring the most to everyday and smile and laugh as much as possible.
- Boat Class
- Women's Four (4-)
- Training Location
- Princeton, N.J.
- Height
- 6'3"
- Weight
- 165
- Hometown
- Ann Arbor, Mich.
- College
- Stanford University, Human Biology, 2011
- High School
- Ann Arbor Pioneer High School
