Jake Wetzel
- January 4, 2024
- Rower
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Jake Wetzel Biography
| Name | Jake Wetzel |
| Birthday | Dec 26 |
| Birth Year | 1976 |
| Place Of Birth | Saskatoon |
| Home Town | Saskatoon |
| Birth Country | Canada |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
Jake Wetzel is one of the most popular and richest Rower who was born on December 26, 1976 in Saskatoon, Saskatoon, Canada. Jacob Wetzel (born December 26, 1976) is a Canadian rower. He has represented both Canada and the United States at the World Championships and the Olympics. He was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
After a two-year pause because of a shoulder injury caused by a mountaineering accident, in 2003 Wetzel returned to the international rowing scene and he joined Team Canada. Wetzel made the coxless four (4-) and he won a gold medal at the 2003 world championships in Milan, Italy. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Wetzel’s boat finished second by inches to Great Britain.
He also won at the 2007 World Championships in Canada’s M8+.
Wetzel announced his retirement from international rowing at the Beijing Olympics; Wetzel enrolled in the PhD programme in Finance at the University of British Columbia in autumn 2008.
In 1999, 2001, and 2002 he again competed for Berkeley where he was coached by Steve Gladstone, this time in the varsity 8. All three years his boats won the IRA and were de facto national champions. In 1999 and 2001, his boats were undefeated. In 2002, his boat suffered a single loss to the University of Washington, but beat Washington on several other occasions including the IRA.
Jake Wetzel Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Rower |
| House | Living in own house. |
Jake Wetzel is one of the richest Rower from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jake Wetzel 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
As a teenager, Wetzel was on the Canadian Junior Cycling team; he only began rowing in the fall of 1997 at the University of California, Berkeley. His success was immediate and extraordinary. His collegiate boat was undefeated and won the freshman 8 event at the 1998 Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championship (IRA). That summer Wetzel tried out for and made the Canadian National team in the pair event (2-) and finished seventh at the World Championships in Cologne, Germany.
Internationally, Wetzel competed for the United States team in 1999 (Coxed Four (4+) gold medal at the World Championships in St. Catharines) and in 2000 (7th place with the Quad (4x) at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney). In 1999, Wetzel was one of the principal subjects in the Outside Magazine article “Blood in the Water” on the difficulties and internal competition involved in trying to make a national team boat.
In 2005/2006 Wetzel completed an MSc in Financial Economics at the University of Oxford (Linacre College/Saïd Business School). He was a member of the victorious Oxford crew in the 2006 Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
| Height | 6 ft 5 in |
Jake Wetzel height 6 ft 5 in Jake weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
Who is Jake Wetzel Dating?
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Facts & Trivia
Jake Ranked on the list of most popular Rower. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Jake Wetzel celebrates birthday on December 26 of every year.
Top Facts about Jake Wetzel
- Jake Wetzel is a retired Canadian rower born in 1976.
- He won a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
- Wetzel also won silver at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
- He competed in both coxless pairs and eights events.
- Wetzel was part of Canada’s national rowing team for over a decade.
- He attended Harvard University and rowed for their team.
- Wetzel has been inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame.
- He currently works as a coach and consultant in Vancouver, Canada.
- Wetzel has also worked as an analyst for CBC Sports.
- His personal best time for the men’s pair event is 6:16:55.