Christian Tabash
2024 Olympic
National Teams
Three Junior, 2016-17; Under 23, 2021
International Results
Finished second in the eight at the 2024 World Rowing Cup III...Won the eight at the 2024 World Rowing Final Olympic & Paralympic Qualification Regatta...Won bronze in the four with coxswain at the 2021 World Rowing Under 23 Championships...Won silver in the eight at the 2017 World Rowing Junior Championships...Reached the quarterfinals of the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup at the 2017 Henley Royal Regatta...Finished fourth in the pair at the 2016 World Rowing Junior Championships...Won the junior division at the 2016 C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints World Indoor Championships...Reached the semifinals of the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup at the 2015 Henley Royal Regatta.
National Results
Finished third in the third varsity eight at the 2019 IRA National Championships...Finished third in the third varsity eight at the 2019 Eastern Sprints...Finished fifth in eight at the 2016 USRowing Youth National Championships...Won gold in the eight at the 2015 and 2016 Stotesbury Cup...Finished eighth in the eight at the 2015 USRowing Youth National Championships...Won gold in the eight at the 2015 SRAA Championships.
Personal
Christian was named 2016 All-Met first team by the Washington Post…He received the Harvard Foundation Certificate of Recognition in 2019, which recognizes students for their outstanding contributions to improving intercultural and race relations at the college. In 2022, he won the Harvard Lowell House Judge Charles Wyzanski Award, which recognizes a student interested in the law who shares Judge Wyzanski's love of vigorous conversation and his concern for the theoretical and practical issues of justice. Christian loves playing and watching soccer, reading about history and politics, playing the piano, and relaxing and talking with his friends and family. He is super proud to be Palestinian American. He speaks fluent French and Haitian Créole and is conversational in Spanish and Arabic. His dad suggested Christian try out for rowing if he got cut from his high school’s freshman basketball team, which he did. He saw rowing in the 2008 Olympics and thought he could excel at it due to his physicality and how hard he worked. Christian lists his parents as his personal heroes for everything they have sacrificed for him and for guiding him to be the person he is today. His favorite place to travel is Palestine to visit family and connect with his roots. He has an older sister, Stephanie, and a younger brother, Sebastien.
Boat Class
Men's Eight (8+)
Height
6'1"
Weight
195
Education
Harvard University, Government, 2022
Hometown
Alexandria, Va.
Training Location
Sarasota, Fla.
