Conal P. Groom is currently (as of September 2010) the head coach at Seattle Rowing Center, a rowing

Rowing (sport)

Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

 club devoted to youth through elite development on Lake Washington's Ship Canal in Seattle, Washington. He was head coach at Lake Union Crew, another Seattle rowing club, until he left in July 2010. Before his employment at Lake Union Crew, he was director and an elite coach at Pocock Rowing Center. He co-founded Seattle Rowing Center with Carol Nagy, the former junior novice coach at Lake Union Crew and business manager at Pocock Rowing Center.

US Olympics

Groom has placed as high as third in world championship competition (lightweight quadruple sculls, 1998), and he and Steve Tucker placed sixth in the 1999 World Championships

1999 World Rowing Championships

The 22nd World Rowing Championships were held between August 22 and August 29, 1999 in St. Catharines, Canada.-Medal summary:- Medals table :...

. Groom and Tucker competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Final results for the Rowing events at the 2000 Summer Olympics:The event is probably most noted for Steve Redgrave's winning his fifth Olympic gold medal in as many games in the British men's coxless four. However, there were a number of other dramatic races. Both the men's and women's single...

, finishing 11th in the lightweight double scull

Double scull

A double scull is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two persons who propel the boat by sculling with two oars, one in each hand....

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