Adam Dernis

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BEFORE RIT:

Finished 20th in the Youth Coaxed Quad at the 55th Head of the Charles in 2020.
Finished 6th in the flyweight men's event at C.R.A.S.H.Bs in 2020.
Finished 10th in the U19 Men's Pair at the Summer National Championships in 2019.

PERSONAL:

Full name: Avishai Meir Dernis
Son of Mitchell Dernis and Brenda Kurland, brother of Shuli Dernis.
Born in Seattle.
His sister, Shuli, will row for the University of Toronto starting in 2023.
Started rowing in Fall 2016 after losing an arm wrestling bet to a rower.
Missed the 2021-22 season due to a back injury, but it did allow him to get into coaching.
Lost out on the spring season of his senior year of high school due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Volunteers during the summer at the Three Rivers Adaptive Rowing, assisting rowers with blindness, amputations, cerebral palsy, or other disabilities.
Best advice ever received in sports career: "If you want to move up a boat, just ask."
Hobbies include code-writing and learning languages (is currently taking German and trying to learn Hebrew). "I want to be a polyglot," he says.
Works as a coach for Fairport Crew.