JACOBSEN Ida Goertz

General
FURTHER EDUCATION
In 2018 she graduated with a bachelor's degree in comparative literature and global studies with a minor in architecture from the University of Southern California [USC] in Los Angeles, CA, United States of America. The following year she completed a postgraduate degree in European and Latin American comparative literature and culture at Newnham College in Cambridge University in England. "I was approached in high school by the USC rowing team and immediately I sort of realised what kind of doors rowing could open for me. I realised I actually enjoyed studying and rowing together. You only have four years of athletic eligibility in the US, and I think I was also ready to take on a new challenge. Cambridge, not only is it just somewhere else, but it's a great place to study and row." (Instagram profile, 22 Jul 2019; usctrojans.com, 11 May 2018; Cambridge University Women's Boat Club Facebook page, 11 Apr 2018; LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2018; usctrojans.com, 01 Aug 2017)

ADAPTING TO HOME
She discovered new challenges in her training following her return to Denmark after spending time studying at the University of Southern California. "In Denmark, I started out having to cycle a lot in the autumn and over the winter. And then we found out that it didn't work right. I did not get the same out of it as the others. So I started doing some of the things that I had been doing for years. Namely, to replace the bike with ergometers. I lived in Los Angeles for four years, so I had gotten used to it being 24-25 degrees every day, and I miss that wildly. It has been difficult to get used to the fact that you get so cold out on the water even if we push ourselves." (roning.dk, 10 Feb 2020)