HACK Austin

United States of America

Rowing

Date of Birth: 17 May 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 2.03/6'7''

Place of birth: SPRINGFIELD, MA

Birth Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rowing	Men's Eight USA United States	4

Schedule

Change

Location	Event	Status
Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Eight Heat 1 #59	Finished
Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Eight Repechage 1 #104	Finished
Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Eight Final A #130	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	8+
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	4

World Championships

Year	Location	8+
2019	Linz, AUT	5
2015	Aiguebelette-le-Lac, FRA	7
2014	Amsterdam, NED	4
2013	Chungju, KOR	3

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
5	Four	2019	Poznan, POL	6:25.04

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded

Hobbies:

Skiing, gastronomy, travel. (usrowing.org, 01 Sep 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Political Science - Stanford University, United States of America

Languages spoken:

English, French, German

Coach:

Mike Teti [national], USA

Start:

He began rowing at age 12 at the Blood Street Sculls club in Connecticut, United States of America. (USRowing YouTube channel, 08 Jun 2016; nbcolympics.com, 25 Apr 2016)

Reason:

"From a young age, I participated in sports year round. Until the end of middle school, I sailed in the summer, played soccer in the fall, basketball in the winter, and baseball in the spring. I didn't start to focus on rowing until high school, when I dropped everything except for rowing and basketball. I started rowing for the learn-to-row programme in our town. I think I was the right build for it. My parents, having done it in college, encouraged me to row and it kind of just sucks you in." (USRowing YouTube channel, 08 Jun 2016; natrowing.org, 20 Mar 2015)

Influence:

Coach Scott Belford, and his father. (USRowing YouTube channel, 08 Jun 2016; nbcolympics.com, 25 Apr 2016)

Award:

He was named Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year in 2012, Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2014, and Pac-12 Athlete of the Year in 2013 and 2014 during his time at Stanford University in the United States of America. (gostanford.com, 01 Jan 2014)

General Interest

General
BREAK AND COMEBACK
He took a two-year break from rowing after he was part of the US men's eight that placed fourth at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He returned to the sport following Mike Teti's appointment as head coach of the US rowing team ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games. "When I finished rowing after Rio, I wanted to work. I had never had a real job, so that was something I wanted to do. Most of my friends lived in San Francisco, and I just wanted to move there and live a normal life for a while. I took a couple of months off, and then started working in San Francisco without intending to come back to the team. I just had this itch, something in my subconscious kept me from getting fat. So even when I was working, I was still working out. I was still going for a run every day, or going to the gym, or doing something for an hour every day. Subconsciously I never let go of the idea that I should stay somewhat in shape. Then I gradually just started training harder, and then started having conversations with Mike about coming back to the team." (row2k.com, 24 Aug 2019)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/austinchack

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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