Tharald Fongaard

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Oslo, Norway
High School:
Oslo Handelsgymnasium

At Princeton – 2013: stroked the 3V to a fourth-place finish at the Eastern Sprints. Before 2013: placed third at the Head of The Charles Regatta (Club Eight) in 2012, first place at the 2011 Princeton Chase (1F), first place at the 2012 Princeton Chase (3V), currently rowing for the Norwegian U23 Team.

Before Princeton – competed at the Norwegian Nationals; national champion in the Junior Men’s Eights and the Junior Men’s Straight Fours 2009 … silver medalist in the Junior Men’s Eights in 2010 … Indoor National Champion in the Junior Men’s 4x500m relay 2009 and Junior Men’s 500m … 2010 silver medalist at the Indoor Junior Men’s 2000m … finalist in the Junior Men’s Double Sculls at the North European Championships rowing for the Junior National Team 2009 … bronze medalist in the Junior men’s quadruple sculls at the Nordic Championships 2009 … Henley Royal Regatta - quarterfinalist in the Fawley Challenge Cup 2009 and 2010.

Personal – born May 19, 1992 … son of Endre Ording Sund and Liss Fongaard … father was submarine captain in the cold war, and now works as a financial advisor and holds several board positions; mother is dentist and holds a private practice … has an older brother Tord who rowed for California Berkley, class of 2013 … majoring in Operations Research and Financial Engineering with certificates in Computer Science, Management Systems and IT/Society.