Lina Schwartz

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Class:
Junior
High School:
Barlaeus
Hometown:
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Awards:
CRCA First Team All-America (2025)
IRA Varsity Eight Gold Medal (2023, 2024, 2025)
IRA Women's Lightweight Crew of the Year (2023)
Eastern Sprints Varsity Eight Gold Medal (2023, 2024, 2025)
CRCA Scholar Athlete (2025)

2025: Won gold in the 8+ at the IRA National Championship and helped set a new IRA record ... won gold with the 8+ at Eastern Sprints, the boat’s fourth consecutive gold … helped the 8+ defeat Stanford for the Class of 2015 Cup, Radcliffe for the Class of 1999 Cup and Georgetown for the Class of 2006 Cup

2024: Took down No. 2 Radcliffe for the Class of 1999 Cup ... Won the Class of 2015 Cup over No. 4 Stanford ... Dropped No. 5 Georgetown for the Class of 2006 Cup ... Earned gold at Eastern Sprints, the boat's third consecutive gold ... Went wire-to-wire to win the boat's fourth straight IRA gold, helping the Tigers to back-to-back-to-back IRA Commissioner's Cup.

2023: Was on the Varsity Eight that did not lose all year … Defeated Radcliffe for The Class of 1999 Cup by over 12 seconds … Collected The Class of 2015 Cup with a 10.4-second decision over No. 4 Stanford … Earned The Class of 2006 Cup with a 10.3-second win over No. 3 Georgetown … Picked up gold at the Eastern Sprints by 4.3 seconds … Nabbed gold at the IRA National Championships by 6.2 seconds … Helped the varsity eight to its third straight IRA gold medal … Led Princeton to the IRA Commissioner’s Cup for the second straight season … Rowed at Henley Women’s Regatta.

Before Princeton:
Willem III Rowing Club: Won all long-distance races in 2022 in the single and quad … Came in third in two national competitions … 4X Dutch and Heineken Roeivierkamp Champions in 2022 … Won at Head of River … Member of the U19 Dutch Squad in 2022 … Earned 2022 Most Prominent Rower … Graduated in the top 10 of her class.

Personal: Daughter of Esther Hemmes and Johannes Schwartz … Has a sister, Bruun.