Henrik Rummel (born September 26, 1987 in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

) is a Danish-born American rower. While attending

Pittsford Mendon High School Pittsford Mendon High School is a public high school in suburban Rochester, Monroe County, upstate New York. It is one of two high schools in the Pittsford Central School District, the other being Pittsford Sutherland High School. Pittsford Men ...

, Rummel rowed for Pittsford Crew on the Erie Canal in

Pittsford, New York Pittsford is a town in Monroe County, New York. A suburb of Rochester, its population was 30,617 at the time of the 2020 census. The Town of Pittsford (formerly part of the town of Northfield) was settled in 1789 and incorporated in 1796. The ...

. He is a graduate of

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

. During the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the United States in the

coxless four A coxless four is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars, without a coxswain. The crew consists of four rowers, each having one oar. There are two rowers on t ...

and won the bronze medal.

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* * * * 1987 births Living people American male rowers Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rowers from Copenhagen Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in rowing Harvard University alumni American people of Danish descent Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States {{US-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub