Jason Read

Jason Read
Personal information
Born	December 24, 1977 (age 46); East Amwell Township, New Jersey, U.S.
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing the United States
Summer Olympics
World Championships
World Cup
Pan American Games

Jason Read (born December 24, 1977^[1]) rowed in the bow seat in the 2004 Summer Olympics Gold medal-winning U.S. Men's Rowing Team Eight.

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 after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.^[2]

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

Read is a 13-time United States National Rowing team member. Since the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, he has worked to promote volunteerism, rowing and the Olympic movement throughout the United States. Jason became involved in rowing as the mascot for the Hun School's rowing team in 1990 as a sixth grader and began coxing in eighth grade, the same year Jason began a distinguished volunteer career in emergency services. He is the only person from USRowing to be named "Man of the Year" twice, as he was recognized in 2001 following rescue operations at Ground Zero and again in 2004 after he and his teammates earned the Olympic gold medal in Athens.

In August 2011, Read was named as the head coach of Women's Rowing at Temple University by Athletic Director Bill Bradshaw.

He currently trains at USRowing's Princeton Training Center at Princeton University where he is also a Fellow of Butler College.

Awards and honors

2001: James E. Sullivan Award: Finalist
2001: Arete Lifetime Accomplishment in Sport
2001: USOC Rower of the Year
2001: USRowing Man of the Year
2004: USRowing Man of the Year
2005: New Jersey Governor's Award – Public Safety
2005: The Hun School of Princeton Athletic Hall of Fame
2005: New York Athletic Club Hall of Fame
2010: National Rowing Foundation Hall of Fame
2011: Pan American Games Opening Ceremony Flag Bearer and Team Captain
2012: James E. Sullivan Award: Finalist
2012: Temple University Hall of Fame

References

^ Jason Read, 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, 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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