Azja Czajkowski

Five-Junior, 2017-18; Under 23, 2022; Senior, 2023; Olympic, 2024

Finished fourth in the pair at the 2024 Olympic Games. Finished sixth in the pair at the 2024 World Rowing Cup II. Served as an alternate at the 2023 World Rowing Championships. Won the eight at the 2022 World Rowing Under-23 Championships. Won silver in the eight at the 2018 World Rowing Junior Championships. Finished seventh in the eight at the 2017 World Rowing Junior Championships.

Won the pair at the 2024 U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Team Trials - Rowing. Won the first varsity eight and team title at the 2023 NCAA Women's Rowing Championships. Finished second in the first varsity eight and the team standings at the 2021 and 2022 NCAA Women's Rowing Championships. Won the varsity eight at the 2022 PAC-12 Women's Rowing Championships. Won the championship eight at the 2021 Head of the Charles Regatta.

Azja was named USRowing's co-Under-23 Female Athlete of the Year in 2022. She was named PAC-12 Rower of the Year in 2022 and CRCA Scholar Athlete in 2020, 2021, and 2022. She enjoys running, hiking, camping, and crocheting. After breaking her collarbone in 2019, she retired from skateboarding and turned her energy to the berg. Now she has a few unofficial berg records and sets off metal detectors. She also participated in the Ulman Foundation's 2021 4k for Cancer running relay across America. Azja's dad rowed at the United States Naval Academy, and her mom rowed at Georgetown University. They both encouraged her to start rowing after she started to burn out of high school swimming. She names her parents as her personal heroes because they are both public high school district employees and work really hard to give her sister and her every opportunity possible. Azja said it is cool that rowing brought them together, and she wants to go as far as possible with what they have given her.