Chen Oshri

Position:
Rower
Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
High School:
Blich HS
Hometown:
Ramat Gan, Israel

OREGON STATE
2015-16

Raced in the bow seat of the Varsity 8 at the Head of the Oklahoma winning in the head race as well as in the 500-meter night sprints
Rowed in the 7-seat of the Second Varsity 8 at the Head of the Lake finishing sixth ahead of University of Victoria and Portland
Raced in the 2-seat of the V8 at the Oregon State Classic recording wins over Oklahoma (twice) and Central Florida (twice)
Rowed in the 2-seat of the V8 at the Clemson Invitational registering wins over Oklahoma, Central Florida, Columbia (twice) and Tennessee (twice)
Also rowed in the 2-seat of the V8 at Pac-12 Championships
Named a CRCA National Scholar-Athlete
Named to the Pac-12 All-Conference First Team

2014-15
•   Raced in the Varsity 8 throughout the 2015 season
•   Raced in the 2-seat of the Varsity 8 in a win over Oklahoma at the Pac-12 Challenge
•   Raced in the 2-seat of the V8 in a first place finish ahead of Louisville and Minnesota at the Oregon State Classic
•   Rowed in the 2-seat of the V8 at the Clemson Invitational recording wins over Clemson (twice), Bucknell, Minnesota (twice), Tennessee, Oklahoma (twice), Duke, Michigan State and Penn
•   Rowed in the 2-seat of the V8 at Gonzaga
•   Rowed in the stroke seat of the V8 in a home regatta against Washington State and UCLA
•   Raced in the bow seat of the V8 at Pac-12 Championships
•   Named to the CRCA All-Scholar Team
•   Earned Pac-12 All-Academic First Team honors

2013-14
•   Rowed in the 2-seat of the Varsity 4+ in a second place finish at the Portland Fall Classic
•   Raced in the bow seat of the Varsity 8 in a win over University of Victoria and Gonzaga
•   Rowed in the 3-seat of the V8 in the morning session of the Pac-12 Challenge
•   Raced 3-seat of the Second Varsity 8 in a win over University of San Diego in the afternoon session of the Pac-12 Challenge
•   Rowed in the 3-seat of the 2V8 at the Oregon State Classic recording a pair of wins over Duke
•   Raced in the 6-seat of the 2V8 at the Clemson Invitational earning wins over Gonzaga (twice), Oklahoma (twice), Texas, Tennessee (twice), Columbia, Penn, Miami (twice), Iowa and Duke
•   Rowed in the 6-seat of the 2V8 in a dual at Washington State and at Pac-12 Championships
•   Earned Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team honors
•   Named to the CRCA All-Scholar Team
•   Represented her native country of Israel at the World Rowing Championships in August finishing 11th in the world in the Women’s Lightweight Single Sculls.

2012-13
•   Raced in the stroke seat of the Varsity 4+ in a win at Gonzaga
•   Raced in the stroke seat of the V4+ at the Pac-12 Invitational recording a win over Northeastern
•   Rowed in the stroke seat of the Second Varsity 8 at the Clemson Invitational recording wins over Tennessee, Michigan State, Miami, Duke (twice), Penn, Texas and Central Florida
•   Rowed in the 2-seat of the 2V8 at the Oregon State Classic and at Pac-12 Championships
•   Finished 15th at the U23 World Championships in the single sculls in July in Linz-Ottensheim, Austria
•   Earned 2013 Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team.

2011-12
•   Enrolled at Oregon State in spring term of 2012
•   Trained for the U23 lightweight Israeli national team during the summer
•   Finished 12th at the U23 World Championships in the single sculls in July at Trakai, Lithuania.

BLICH HS
•   Did not participate in sports in high school
•   Has trained for track & field for four years
•   Began her rowing career at the Daniel Rowing Center in 2009
•   Israeli champion in the single scull in 2010 and 2011

PERSONAL
•   Daughter of Sara and Shaike Oshri
•   Has one sister, Hadar, and two brothers, Oz and Tamir
•   After high school in 2009, Oshri put in two years of mandatory military service as a soldier-athlete, a status which gave her the opportunity to combine her rowing training as part of the Israeli national team with her daily Army job
•   Finished military obligations in February 2012
•   Enjoys cooking, baking, reading and hiking
•   Lists her favorite athlete as Usain Bolt
•   Majoring in biology
•   Is working on two minors in chemistry and exercise and sport science