Dane van den Akker

Place/DOB: 09/02/1983, N/A

Home Town: Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Living: Oxford

College: St Catherine’s

Nationality: American

Year Enrolled: 2006

Course: MSc Science & Medicine, Athletic Performance

Course Length: 2 years

School: St. Paul’s School, Concord, NH, USA

Previous Uni/Col: Yale University

Height: 5’6”/1.70m

Weight: 8st 6lb/55kg

At Yale University he completed a B.A. in Cognitive Science. Twice a participant in the Varsity Race against Harvard, he coxed the second varsity crew that beat Harvard in 2005. Dane also coxed the US four that narrowly missed bronze in finishing fourth at the 2006 World Championships in Eton. In high school, at St Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire, he ran for the cross-country team in addition to coxing.