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Tom Paradiso

    by Bob McGovern
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USA Rowing

Lightweight Four

Blue Bell, Montgomery County

Princeton, N.J.

Dec. 7, 1979

6' 1"

150

Chestnut Hill Academy (1995

University of Pennsylvania (2002)

John Parker

Finished eighth in the lightweight four at the 2008 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne ... Finished fourth in the lightweight pair at the 2008 National Selection Regatta #2 ... Won the lightweight eight at the 2007 Head of the Charles ... Won the lightweight four at the 2007 U.S. Rowing National Championships.

... A first-time Olympian, Paradiso began rowing at Chestnut Hill Academy in 1995 ... Coaches high school rowers at the Mercer Junior Rowing Club in West Windsor, N.J.  ...  Tom is an eight-time national team member ... Tom has won medals at the world championships on both port and starboard sides ... Every member of Tom’s immediate family has tried rowing ... Tom credits his mother’s acupuncture treatments as one of the reasons he has been able to compete at the elite level ... After rowing, Tom plans on coaching and continuing his education ... His other hobbies include listening to and remixing music, watching movies, running, surfing, traveling, snowboarding, reading and riding his Ducati motorcycle.

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