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2022-23 Men's Heavyweight Rowing Roster

Phil Tor
Phil Tor
Harvard Athletic Communications (GoCrimson.com)

Douwe de Graaf

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown London, England
  • High School St. Paul's School
  • Concentration Economics
  • House Affiliation Lowell

Biography

Senior - 2022-23

Empacher-IRCA All-America Second Team ... Empacher-IRCA Scholar Athlete ... Sat in the two seat in the Championship 8 A race at the Head of the Charles Regatta ... Rowed in the stroke seat in the team's winning A-entry at the Foot of the Charles ... Sat in the four seat in the 1V8 boat, helping the crew defeat Cornell at the Robinson Cup ... Competed in the four seat for the victorious 1V8 boat at the Stein Cup ... Sat in the four seat at the Compton Cup ... Competed in the eight seat for the winning 1V8 at the Adams Cup ... Sat in the two seat for the triumphant 1V8 at the Smith Cup ... Sat in the six seat for the first varsity eight boat at Eastern Sprints ... Rowed from the six seat in the 1V8 at the IRA National Regatta ... Sat in the six seat in the 1V8 boat at the Harvard-Yale Regatta.

Junior - 2021-22

Rowed in the seventh seat on the 1V boat in the team’s season opener against Cornell on the Charles River … Helped guide the team to a 4.2 second victory over the Big Red in the team’s first Spring regatta in nearly three years ... Rowed in the seventh seat on the 1V boat in the Stein Cup race against Brown … Helped lead the team to a 4.3-second win over Brown to retain the Stein Cup … Sat in seat seven for the 1V crew that won its third-straight race and retained the Compton Cup vs. Princeton … The boat posted a time of 6:25.0 and defeated the Tigers by 6.0 seconds in the race on the Charles … Rowed in the seventh seat on the Crimson 1V crew to a pair of wins over Navy and Penn on the Charles River … The boat posted a 7.0 second win over Navy and a 13.3 second win over Penn while posting a time of 5:49.8 … Sat in the seventh seat on the 1V boat in the race against Northeastern on the Charles … Helped the crew post a time of 5:57.8 to retain the Smith Cup for the Crimson … Sat seat seven on the Crimson 1V boat at the Eastern Sprints Regatta, finishing fifth in the grand final … Finished in sixth at the IRA National Championships with the 1V crew sitting seat seven … Rowed in the seventh seat on the 1V boat in the four-mile race versus Yale on the Thames.

2020-21

Did not compete due to season cancelation by the Ivy League.

Sophomore - 2019-20

Rowed from the seven seat in the first varsity eight boat for the championship eight race at the 2019 Head of the Charles Regatta ... Did not compete in the spring due to season cancelation by the Ivy League.

First-Year - 2018-19

Sat six seat in varsity eight against Yale ... Sat six seat in varsity eight at the 2019 IRA National Championships ... Sat six seat in varsity eight at Eastern Sprints ... Sat six seat in varsity eight win over Northeastern … Sat six seat in varsity eight in win over Navy, Penn … Sat six seat in varsity eight in win over Princeton … Sat six seat in varsity eight in win over Brown … Sat six seat in varsity eight in win over Cornell, George Washington.

Before Harvard

Captain of the St. Paul School''s Boat Club in 2017-18 ... Won gold at the Junior World Championships in 2017 and 2018 JM4 ... Set a record time at the Henley Royal Regatta, Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup in 2018 ... Won the National Schools Regatta CH8+ in 2017 and 2018 ... Won the National Schools Regatta CH4+ in 2017 and CH8- in 2018 ... Won and set a record time at Schools Head in 2018 ... Won Head of the Charles Youth eights in 2017, setting a record time ... Won GB Junior Pairs regatta in 2018 ... Won Triple at SPS in 2018 ... Senior John Colet Scholar at St. Paul's School. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19First-Year

  • 2019-20Sophomore

  • 2021-22Senior

  • 2022-23Senior