2023 Heavyweight Rowing Roster
Stephane Pienaar
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cape Town, South Africa
- High School:
- Bishops Diocesan
Awards:
Eastern Sprints 2V Silver Medal (2023)
Eastern Sprints 3V Silver Medal (2019)
2023: Rowed on the 2V … Helped the boat beat Georgetown, Drexel, Temple, Navy, Penn, Columbia, Cornell … Led 2V to a silver medal at Eastern Sprints ... Rowed at Henley Royal Regatta.
2022: Helped the 2V defeat Georgetown, Drexel, Temple and Navy … Also saw time at 3V and 4V … Part of the 3V boat that fifth at Easterns and eighth at the IRA National Championships.
2020: Season was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019: Rowed most of the year at 3V … Helped 3V defeat Georgetown, Navy, Harvard and Brown … Led 4V over Columbia … Part of the boat at 3V that secured the silver medal at Easterns.
Before Princeton — competed at the 2016 Junior World Championships in the South African 4- … won national championships in the 4x+ (2015) and the 4- (2017) … set the U19 24-hour Concept 2 rowing world record … vice-captain of Bishops Rowing Club … earned full colors and distinction in sport … also competed in the high jump … placed 16th in the South African Science Olympiad (biology).
Personal — Son of Francois and Nerine Pienaar; father captained the South African rugby team to a victory at the 1995 Rugby World Cup … has an older sibling Jean … enjoys the Cape Town beach, playing the violin and music … plans to study chemical and biological engineering at Princeton.
Eastern Sprints 2V Silver Medal (2023)
Eastern Sprints 3V Silver Medal (2019)
2023: Rowed on the 2V … Helped the boat beat Georgetown, Drexel, Temple, Navy, Penn, Columbia, Cornell … Led 2V to a silver medal at Eastern Sprints ... Rowed at Henley Royal Regatta.
2022: Helped the 2V defeat Georgetown, Drexel, Temple and Navy … Also saw time at 3V and 4V … Part of the 3V boat that fifth at Easterns and eighth at the IRA National Championships.
2020: Season was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019: Rowed most of the year at 3V … Helped 3V defeat Georgetown, Navy, Harvard and Brown … Led 4V over Columbia … Part of the boat at 3V that secured the silver medal at Easterns.
Before Princeton — competed at the 2016 Junior World Championships in the South African 4- … won national championships in the 4x+ (2015) and the 4- (2017) … set the U19 24-hour Concept 2 rowing world record … vice-captain of Bishops Rowing Club … earned full colors and distinction in sport … also competed in the high jump … placed 16th in the South African Science Olympiad (biology).
Personal — Son of Francois and Nerine Pienaar; father captained the South African rugby team to a victory at the 1995 Rugby World Cup … has an older sibling Jean … enjoys the Cape Town beach, playing the violin and music … plans to study chemical and biological engineering at Princeton.
Princeton Athletics 2023-24 Highlights
Tuesday, June 04
Highlights from 2022 Gary Walters ’67 PVC Awards Banquet
Wednesday, June 22
Princeton Athletics 2021-22 Highlights
Monday, June 06
Spring 2022 PNC Student-Athlete Achiever Award Recipients
Tuesday, April 26
