ELLIOT HOVEY

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Hometown: Manchester-By-The-Sea, Mass.

Current Residence: Alameda, Calif.

Club Affiliation: California Rowing Club

Began Rowing: Salisbury School, 1998

Date of Birth: 2/17/83 

Height: 6’1” 

Weight: 205

High School: Salisbury School

Undergraduate Education: University of California at Berkeley

Current Coaches: Tim McLaren, Joel Scrogin

National Results: Won the double sculls at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Rowing...Finished fourth in the double sculls at the second 2008 National Selection Regatta...Won the varsity eight at the 2006 Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) Championships... Won the varsity eight at the 2006 Pac-10 Championships.

Personal: Elliot is a first-time national team member and first-time Olympian...Elliot and his 2008 sculling partner, Wes Piermarini, eat oatmeal as a pre-competition ritual…He says the hardest thing about rowing is that it leaves little time for other sports…Elliot enjoys outdoor sports like telemark skiing, golf and fly-fishing…His favorite athlete is skier Herman Maier, a two-time Olympic gold medalist…Elliot lists his favorite band as AC/DC…He says each coach has given him something different: coach Dick Curtis built passion in high school, college coach Steve Gladstone developed drive and discipline, and club coach Tim McLaren inspired him to continue rowing.