BEAU HOOPMAN

Hometown: Plymouth, Wis.

Current Residence: Princeton, N.J.

Club Affiliation: USRowing Training Center

Began Rowing: University of Wisconsin, 2003

Date of Birth: 10/1/80 

Height: 6’4” 

Weight: 200

High School: Plymouth High School

Undergraduate Education: University of Wisconsin

Current Coach: Mike Teti

International Results: Finished eighth in the four at the 2007 FISA World Championships...Won bronze in the eight at the 2006 FISA World Championships...Won gold in the eight and finished fifth in the four at the 2005 FISA World Championships...Won gold in the eight at the 2004 Olympic Games...Set a world record in the eight during the heats at the 2004 Olympic Games...Won gold in the four at the 2004 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne...Served as a spare at the 2003 FISA World Championships...Won gold in the eight and silver in the four at the 2003 Pan American Games...Finished 12th in the men’s four at the 2002 FISA World Championships...Won gold in the eight at the 2002 Nation’s Cup...Won silver in the eight at the 2001 Nation’s Cup.

National Results: Won gold in the four and eight at the 2007 USRowing National Championships...Won the pair at the third 2007 National Selection Regatta...Won the pair at the second 2005 National Selection Regatta...Finished second in the varsity eight at the 2002 Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) Championships...Won gold in the varsity eight at the 2002 Eastern Sprints...Won gold in the freshman eight at the 2000 Eastern Sprints.

Personal: Beau is a seven-time senior national team member and two-time Olympian...He enjoys golfing and biking...Beau started rowing because he was picked out of the University of Wisconsin’s freshman orientation and told that he would be a good rower...He majored in biological aspects of conservation at Wisconsin.

(updated 6/27/2008)