Caryn Davies

• Home: Ithaca, NY
• Birthdate: 4/14/1982

Height: 6-4
Weight: 178
Birthplace: Ithaca, N.Y.
Hometown: Ithaca, N.Y.
Residence: Princeton, N.J.
High School: Ithaca High School
Undergraduate Education: Harvard University, Psychology, 2005
Occupation: Athlete
Began Rowing: 1996 - The Friends' School (Tasmania, Australia)
Club Affiliation: USRowing Training Center
Training Location: Princeton, N.J.
Current Coach: Tom Terhaar
Years on National Team: Eight - 1999-2000, Junior; 2002-07, Senior
Event (s): Sweep/Sculls

Facts of Interest
Caryn was part of the Olympic women's eight that set a world record in the heat and won a silver medal in the final in Athens, Greece. She enjoys sailing, horseback riding, ballroom dancing and downhill skiing. As a senior at Harvard, she competed on the ballroom team. Caryn plans to attend graduate school in international relations at the University of Amsterdam next year and then go on to law school after her competitive career is over. She lists her most interesting job as her 2002 internship at an equine medical center in Ringoes, N.J. Caryn took up yoga as a freshman in college to help recover from a back injury. At first, she was more interested in the physical aspects of yoga, but she has gradually become more interested in the spiritual aspects the longer she has done it. She recently began teaching yoga classes to her teammates. Caryn lists her most memorable sporting achievement as beating all of the boys in her class to win the third-grade arm wrestling competition. She was part of the first U.S. junior women's crew to win a gold medal at the Junior World Championships in 2000. Caryn lists C.R.A.S.H.-B's as her favorite place to compete, saying that it always terrified her but that she felt a strong sense of accomplishment and relief when it was over. She lists Whitney Post, her coach and training partner in high school, as the most influential person in her sporting career. Caryn said she learned most what she knows from Post, especially in the mental aspects of sports and life. Post now runs a sports psychology consulting company in Boston.

International Results:
2008 Olympic Games, Beijing, China, Women's Eight, 1st
2007, FISA World Championships, Women's Eight, 1^st
2006, FISA World Championships, Women's Eight, 1^st
2006, FISA World Cup - Lucerne, Women's Eight, 2^nd
2006, Henley Royal Regatta Remenham Cup, (Women's Eight), 1^st
2005, FISA World Championships, Women's Quadruple Sculls, 5^th
2005, Bearing Point World Cup - Munich, Women's Quadruple Sculls, 3^rd
2005, C.R.A.S.H.-B. Indoor Championships, Women's Collegiate Open Weight, 1^st
2004, Olympic Games, Women's Eight 2^nd

National Results:
2006, Australian National Championships, Women's Senior A Four, 2^nd
2006, Australian National Championships, Women's Senior A Quadruple Sculls, 3^rd
2005, Head of the Charles, Women's Double Sculls, 1^st
2005, NCAA Championships, Women's Varsity Eight, 3^rd