2018 Heavyweight Rowing Roster
Augustin Wambersie
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- High School:
- British School of Rio de Janeiro
At Princeton — 2018: team co-captain … earned IRA All-Academic honors … rowed in the 1V to and helped Princeton post Top-5 finishes at both the IRA national championships (5th) and Eastern Sprints (4th); boat came within one second of a silver medal at Sprints … helped 1V post 7-3 regular-season record and retain both the Navy-Princeton Rowing Cup and the Childs Cup. 2017: rowed in the gold medal-winning 2V at Eastern Sprints; boat flipped regular-season results against Harvard and Yale to take gold … moved to the stroke seat of the 1V at the IRA Championships and helped Princeton place fourth, including a win over California … earned IRA All-Academic honors … raced in every boat from the 1V through the 4V during the season. 2016: rowed in the 6 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 … helped Princeton win a second straight Rowe Cup (team points title) at Sprints … member of the IRA All-Academic team … rowed in the 3V and 2V during the regular season and didn't lose a regular season race. 2015: rowed in the 4 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 — competing in the 4x for Belgium at the 2014 World Junior Championships (though he lives in Rio, he is a Belgian citizen) … won both a state title and a Brazilian national title with the Botafogo Futebol e Regatas Club; rows at the Olympic venue … placed fourth in the quad at the European Junior Championships … took third in the single at the Holland Beker in Amsterdam … placed fifth in the single at the Royal Canadian Henley … rows for the Royal Club Nautique de Sambre et Meuse in Belgium … graduated at the top of his class.
Personal — born Feb. 25, 1996 … son of Olivier and Anne Catherine Wambersie … has an older brother Leopold and a younger sister Geraldine … enjoys the beach, cycling and running … may study engineering.
