Name: Nick LaCava
Sport: Rowing
Discipline: Men’s lightweight four
Height: 6’3”
Current Residence: Oklahoma City, Okla.
College: Columbia University ’09, Economics

Olympic Experience:

  • 2012 Olympic Games, 8th in men’s lightweight four

Career Highlights:

  • 2012 Final Olympic Qualification Regatta, 1st (lightweight four)
  • 2011 World Rowing Championships, 5th (lightweight eight))
  • 2011 Head of the Charles, 1st (lightweight eight)
  • 2010 World Rowing Championships, 10th (lightweight four)
  • 2009 IRA championships, 7th (lightweight eight)
  • 2009 C.R.A.S.H-B World Indoor Rowing Championships, 4th (lightweight division)
  • 2008 C.R.A.S.H-B World Indoor Rowing Championships, 1st (lightweight division)

Fun Facts: Huge Harry Potter fan and co-founder of Chocomize, the first American chocolate company where people can choose the ingredients for their own chocolate bar.

Learn more: 
USRowing