U.S. Olympic Athletes
Rick Powell
Birthplace: West Chester, Pa.
Current Residence: Gastonia, NC
Discipline/Event:
Birthday
Height: 5'11"
College: Belmont Abbey College
Club: Nantahala Racing Club
Career Highlights
- 2008 Olympian
- 5th at 2010 U.S. National Team Trials
- 10th at Bourg-Saint-Maurice
- 2006 U.S. National Champion C-2
- Member Senior Team in C-2 at age 18
- Member U.S. Junior Team at age 15
- 2nd at Australian Youth Olympic Festival (2007)
Personal
- Family: Parents - Sandy and Jim Powell; Sisters - Jamie and Michelle
- Job: kayak instructor
- Hobbies: Playing guitar, downhill skiing, rock climbing, traveling, snow boarding, skateboarding
- Did you know: I started slalom racing when I was 3 years old in a canoe with my mom and dad. I started racing in kayak when I was 6 years old at the Penn Cup Slalom Series in Pennsylvania. I was also a downhill ski racer from age 6 to 11.
- He paddles with Casy Eichfeld in the C-2 and has known Casey since he was 6 years old...the duo were the 2006 U.S. National Champions
- In the community: Volunteered from 2005-06, helping out a Special Olympics bowling league
