Jason Read

Jason Read
Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	Ringoes, New Jersey, U.S.
Education	Hun School of Princeton; Temple University; Saint Joseph's University; Oxford University Said School of Business;
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing the United States
Summer Olympics
World Championships
World Cup
Pan American Games

Jason Read^[1] rowed in the bow seat in the 2004 Summer Olympics Gold medal-winning U.S. Men's Rowing Team Eight that set an Olympic record (5:19.85) in the heat on August 15, 2004.

He attended the Hun School of Princeton, where he took up rowing, continuing the sport at Temple University. As a volunteer with the Amwell Valley – Ringoes Rescue Squad in Ringoes, he was among those who responded to the September 11 attacks in 2001.^[2]

Read was a member of the U.S. rowing team for the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[3]

References

^ Jason Read Archived 2018-07-05 at the Wayback Machine, USRowing. Accessed November 10, 2016.
^ Lieber, Jill. "Read emerges from nightmare with stronger faith, will", USA Today, July 21, 2004. Accessed June 12, 2007. "He became passionate about rowing when he was an eighth-grader at The Hun School in Princeton, N.J., battling his way to the 2004 Olympic eight despite always being seen as too small in such a powerful sport."
^ "Area pair are rowing alternates", The Times (Trenton), June 28, 2008.

[1] Jason Read Archived 2018-07-05 at the Wayback Machine, USRowing. Accessed November 10, 2016.

[2] Lieber, Jill. "Read emerges from nightmare with stronger faith, will", USA Today, July 21, 2004. Accessed June 12, 2007. "He became passionate about rowing when he was an eighth-grader at The Hun School in Princeton, N.J., battling his way to the 2004 Olympic eight despite always being seen as too small in such a powerful sport."

[TrentonTimes-3] "Area pair are rowing alternates", The Times (Trenton), June 28, 2008.

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