Princeton University Athletics
2018 Heavyweight Rowing Roster
Jan Bernhard
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Hamburg, Germany
- High School:
- Stadtteilschule Winterhude
At Princeton — 2018: dealt with injuries and did not compete. 2017: won bronze in the 4V at Eastern Sprints … competed in the fours at the IRA Championships and won bronze … earned IRA All-Academic honors. 2016: rowed in the bow seat of the 2V throughout the season and won a silver medal at both the IRA national championships and Eastern Sprints … defeated both Washington and California in the IRA championship final … rowed in both the 2V and 3V during the season and never lost a dual race … member of the IRA All-Academic team. 2015: rowed in the 5 seat to help the 3V to a gold medal at the Eastern Sprints; Tigers rallied past Brown in the final 500 meters to win … reached the grand final at the IRA Championships for a second straight year … won twice in the Temple Cup Challenge at the Royal Henley Regatta before falling to University de Lyon in the quarterfinal … helped the 3V earn a 7-1 record during the regular season.
Before Princeton — won four gold and two silver medals while rowing for his club at the German Championships; won two golds during the 2013 Championships … spent a year at the Brentwood College School in Canada and won silvers in the 8+ and 4x- at the 2012 Canadian Schoolboy Rowing Championships … took third at the 2011 Head of the Charles with current Princeton rower Martin Barakso (JM 2x) … won bronze at both the 2013 U23 World Championships and the 2011 World Rowing Junior Championships … placed fourth in the 2012 World Junior Championships.
Personal — born Nov. 23, 1994 … son of Hartmut Bernhard and Gisela Geerts-Bernhard … enjoys soccer, basketball and kayaking … may study engineering.
