Jamie Koven, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American rower
Date of Birth: 18-Apr-1973
Place of Birth: Morristown, New Jersey, United States
Profession: rower
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
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About Jamie Koven
- James W.
- Koven (born April 18, 1973 in Morristown, New Jersey) is an American rower. Koven began rowing as a boarding student at St.
- Paul's School.
- He continued rowing as a college student at Brown University where he studied mechanical engineering.
- Koven became a member of the U.S.
- Rowing team in 1993 and was a member of the team for eight years, retiring after the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
- As a national team rower Koven won the World Championships in 1994 in the Men's Heavyweight 8+.
- In 1996 Koven was in the Men's Heavyweight 8+ that finished fifth.
- In 1997 Jamie switched from sweep rowing to the single sculls.
- He trained with Scott Roop, his coach from Brown, and won the World Championships in the Men's Heavyweight 1x in September 1997.
- In 1998 Koven won the World Cup in Munich and the Diamond Sculls at the Henley Royal Regatta.
- At the World Championships in Cologne that summer he had an equipment malfunction in the semifinals; he finished 8th in that regatta.
- Koven continued to row in the single scull through 1999 but moved back to sweep rowing in 2000, competing in the Men's Four at the Sydney Olympics, finishing 5th place.
- In 2001 Koven competed in the Men's Four that won at the World Cup at Mercer Lake. Koven retired from rowing after the Olympics in 2000.
- In the fall of 2010, Koven came out of retirement and began training with the U.S national team in Chula Vista, California. Koven married Sophie Coquillette on February 20, 1999.
- They have four children, Lucy Anne(13), Annabel Francis(9), Charlie Coquillette(5) and Henry Crowley(2 months).
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