Tom Paradiso
American rower (born 1979)
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Thomas Paradiso (born December 7, 1979) is an American Olympian in lightweight rowing.
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| Full name | Thomas Paradiso | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 7, 1979 Abington, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania, 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2001-2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 152 lb (69 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | New York Athletic Club, College Boat Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rowing career
Tom began rowing at Chestnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia in 1995 and was a member of the National Champion Youth 4x in 1998. Tom continued his education and rowing career as a member of the Heavyweight Mens Team at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 2002. Tom first competed at the World Championships in 2001 in Lucerne, Switzerland in the Lightweight 8+, winning a Bronze Medal. From 2001 to 2012, Tom competed at the World Championships eight times and made two Pan American Games Teams, competing as a lightweight and heavyweight, rowing port and starboard, in sweep rowing and as a sculler.
Olympics
2008 was a rowing career high-point for Tom when he won a gold medal at the July 2008 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim with the lightweight men's eight.[1] At the August 2008 Summer Olympics, he came eleventh with the lightweight coxless four.[2]
