Jack Carlson (rowing)

Jack Carlson
Personal information
Born May 22, 1987 (1987-05-22) (age 31)
Education Georgetown University (BSFS)
University of Oxford (DPhil)
Sport
Country  United States
Sport Rowing
Club
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing the  United States
World Championships
2015 Aiguebelette Lwt men's eight

Jack Carlson (born May 22, 1987) is an American rowing coxswain and author. He represented the United States at three World Championships, and won a bronze medal at the 2015 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette, France.[1]

He is the author of the book Rowing Blazers[2] and founder of the New York City-based menswear brand of the same name.[3]

Education

Carlson earned a B.S.F.S. at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and a DPhil at Brasenose College, Oxford. At Oxford, he was awarded a Clarendon Scholarship[4] and studied archaeology under Dame Jessica Rawson and R.R.R. Smith. His doctoral dissertation was a comparative study of the Roman Empire and the contemporaneous Qin-Han Empire in China.[5]

Writing

Carlson is the author and illustrator of A Humorous Guide to Heraldry[6] and author of Rowing Blazers. The latter, an illustrated book about the jackets traditionally worn by rowers on such occasions as Henley Royal Regatta and their history and traditions,[7] launched with events at the Ralph Lauren flagships in New York and London.[8]

Carlson is also the author of academic articles on such topics as the Arch of Constantine, Iron Age weaponry, and monuments in contemporary China.[9][10][11]

Design career

Carlson is the founder of menswear brand Rowing Blazers. The brand's blazers are made in New York City's Garment District using vintage patterns, details and construction techniques and ethically-sourced materials.[12] The brand also produces vintage-style rugby shirts, woven shirts, and t-shirts, and has a shop in SoHo, Manhattan.[13]

Rowing career

Carlson has represented the United States as a coxswain at the 2011, 2014, and 2015 World Championships. His highest finish came in 2015, finishing third in the lightweight eight.[14]

His crew won the Britannia Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta with Taurus Boat Club;[15], equalling the record time to the Barrier.[16] At the Head of the Charles, he steered the second iteration of the Women's "Great Eight" and the first to win, beating the U.S. women's eight by 1.2 seconds.[17]

At Oxford, Carlson raced in the losing Isis crew at the 2010 Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race, and in the victorious Oxford University Lightweight Rowing Club Blue Boat at the 2011 Henley Boat Races, before switching allegiance to Oxford Brookes University Boat Club in May, 2011. He trained and raced with Brookes, in spite of being an Oxford University student. He rowed bow seat in the Brasenose College Boat Club 1st VIII, The Childe of Hale, in 2010; and coxed Brasenose to victory in a 2015 re-enactment of the first ever collegiate rowing race, contested between Brasenose College and Jesus College two hundred years earlier.[18] Prior to Oxford, Carlson coxed at Georgetown University, where he served as team captain in 2009.

Coaching career

Carlson served as chief coach for Oriel College Boat Club, Oxford, in 2011-2012 and 2013-2014. Oriel finished Head of the River in Summer Eights in both seasons; defending the Headship in 2012, and bumping Christ Church and Pembroke to recapture the Headship in 2014.[19]

Personal life

Carlson lives in Battery Park City with his girlfriend, national champion oarswoman Keziah Beall.[20] In his free time, he supports Row New York, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering young people through the sport of rowing. His other interests include heraldry, vexillology, and Neapolitan pizza. Carlson is a lifelong vegetarian.[21]

References

  1. ↑ "World Rowing". Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  2. ↑ Kristen Tauer (September 24, 2014). "Toasting 'Rowing Blazers' at Polo Ralph Lauren". Women's Wear Daily. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
  3. ↑ Aodhan Beirne (September 12, 2017). "Rower Jack Carlson Updates the Zany Sport Blazer". The New York Times. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Clarendon Fund". Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  5. ↑ Troy Patterson (May 16, 2017). "This Startup Is Reinventing a Preppy Cult Classic". Bloomberg. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Andrew Cusack". Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  7. ↑ Jeffrey Podolsky (August 27, 2014). "Rowing Blazers Catalogues the Long and Preppy History of the Crested Jacket". Vanity Fair. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  8. ↑ Marshall Heyman (September 26, 2014). "Parties: East Dane, 'Rowing Blazers' and Buggy Fatherhood Initiative". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  9. ↑ Jack Carlson (November 1, 2011). "A symbol — but of what? Iron Age daggers, Alessi corkscrews and anthropoid embellishment reconsidered". Antiquity. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  10. ↑ Jack Carlson (August 1, 2010). "Narrative Reliefs of the Arch of Constantine and the Panegyrici Latini". New England Classical Journal. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  11. ↑ Jack Carlson (November 29, 2011). "China's Copycat Cities". Foreign Policy. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  12. ↑ Zach Weiss (August 9, 2017). "World Medalist Rower Jack Carlson Just Launched a Menswear Brand". Observer. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  13. ↑ Jon Caramanica (August 8, 2018). "Prep Is Everything at Rowing Blazers. But Is Prep Alone Enough? The spirit of the 2000s is alive and well at Rowing Blazers in SoHo". The New York Times. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  14. ↑ "USRowing". Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Taurus Boat Club Hall of Fame". Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Henley Royal Regatta Records". Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Head of the Charles Regatta". Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Hear the Boat Sing". Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Oriel College Boat Club". Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  20. ↑ Aodhan Beirne (September 12, 2017). "Rower Jack Carlson Updates the Zany Sport Blazer". The New York Times. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  21. ↑ "Causes and Affiliations". Retrieved November 3, 2017.
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