ALIZADEH Dara

Date of Birth: 27 Aug 1993

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rowing	Men's Single Sculls	18

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Single Sculls Heat 4 #4	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Single Sculls Repechage 2 #27	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Single Sculls Quarterfinal 2 #68	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Single Sculls Semifinal C/D 1 #77	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Single Sculls Final C #124	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Year	Location	1x
2019	Linz, AUT	38

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
23	Single Sculls	2021	Lucerne, SUI	8:01.43

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

Occupation:

Economics - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Languages spoken:

Other sports:

He competed in Greco-Roman wrestling while studying at the University of Pennsylvania. (dailymail.co.uk, 23 Mar 2019; cambridgeindependent.co.uk, 22 Oct 2018)

He began rowing at Belmont Hill School in Massachusetts, United States of America. While in high school and college he competed in wrestling in the winter and rowing in the spring, before deciding to concentrate on rowing. (belmonthill.org, 22 Mar 2019; row2k.com, 02 Feb 2015; dailymail.co.uk, 23 Mar 2019)

"During my [high school] freshman year wrestling, I was approached by our varsity rowing coach Chris Richards to see if I was interested in joining the team. After some encouragement from my parents, I decided to give it a go." (row2k.com, 02 Feb 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (LinkedIn profile, 01 May 2019)

Winning the Boat Race in London, England, in 2018 and 2019. (Cambridge University Boat Club Facebook page, 01 Dec 2020)

His family. (row2k.com, 02 Feb 2015)

Philosophy:

"Every battle is won before it is ever fought." (Cambridge University Boat Club, 01 Dec 2020)

General Interest

General
DELAYED STUDIES
In 2019 he deferred the final year of his master's degree at the University of Cambridge in England to concentrate on qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, returning to his studies in September 2020. (LinkedIn profile, 02 Jun 2017; royalgazette.com, 09 Mar 2021; royalgazette.com, 01 Sep 2020)

FURTHER EDUCATION
After completing a degree in economics at the University of Pennsylvania in 2015, in 2017 he began a master's degree in education, policy and international development at the University of Cambridge in England. (LinkedIn profile, 02 Jun 2017; pennathletics.com, 01 Jan 2015)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
He has worked as a teaching fellow at Winchester College in England and was head coach of the boat club. He was president of the Cambridge University Boat Club for 2018/19, and while studying at the University of Pennsylvania he was an athlete advisory committee representative and captain of the rowing team. (LinkedIn profile, 01 May 2019)

FAMILY HERITAGE
His mother was born in Britain and moved to Bermuda as a child, and his father is from the Islamic Republic of Iran. He also has US citizenship, as he grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts. He rowed for the United States of America in junior competitions and was part of the US team that won a silver medal in the men's eight at the 2015 World U23 Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, before deciding to row for Bermuda. (royalgazette.com, 09 Mar 2021; cambridge-news.co.uk, 07 Apr 2019; cambridgeindependent.co.uk, 22 Oct 2018)

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Legend

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

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