Julia Bellardo
Nationality: USA Role: Rower
Current Course
Computer Science
Status
Undergraduate
College
Balliol College
University
Oxford
Squad
About Julia Bellardo
Where did you learn to row and who was your first coach?
Balliol College Boat Club - Rebekka Wonga and Toby Lassen.
Explain your earliest memory of The Boat Race
Growing up in the States I hadn't heard about it until I came to my first year at uni, and I didn't even think that it could possibly be me training for a seat in it one day.
Do you relish in hours in the gym and miles in the dark, or do you live for race days?
I'm here for both - race days are unforgettable highs but training with the squad is where you make memories and live life with other people and those small moments of both joy and struggling together are what make life enjoyable.
What's the secret to managing elite-level sport with studying at one of the top universities in the world?
Sleep first and foremost, and beyond that plan your time well and have the self discipline to stick to your plan. Being busy means you do have less time to work so it just must be more efficient.
