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2020-21 Women's Rowing Roster

Ruba Nadar

  • Position
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • High School The American School
  • Hometown London, England
  • School BC
  • Major Enrolled at Barnard College

Biography

2018-19: Started the season in the 4 seat for the Second Varsity 8 ... Helped her crew to a second-place finish in the petite final at the Doc Hosea Invitational ... Rowed the 2V8 past Cornell at the Ivy League Invitational ... Took a four-second victory over Northeastern ... Won the 2V8 event at the Cherry Hill Invitational ... Switched to the 6 seat in the 2V8 at Eastern Sprints and won the petite final.

2017-18: Took the 8 seat for the Third Varsity 8 against Rutgers, Princeton and Notre Dame … Changed to the 6 seat for the Third Varsity 8 in the Ivy League Invitational … Finished the season in the 3 seat for the Varsity 4B at the Ivy League Championship.

Prior to Columbia: Earned one varsity letter for rowing and was team captain her senior year ... Semi-final finish at the National Schools Regatta earning 12th place overall (2015) ... Ran track and field and earned third place in shot put at the International School's Sports Tournament ... Helped her team earn a gold medal at the Ghent International Regatta in Junior Women's coxless four (2015) ... President of the Middle East Club and member of the National Honor Society (2015-17).

Personal: Born December 16, 1998 in London, England ... Daughter of Dounia and Sherif Nadar ... Before choosing Columbia, she had offers from USC and Berkeley ... Her father played football at the University of Nebraska ...Intends to major in art history and be a curator one day.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18First Year

    5'11"
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    5'11"
  • 2019-20Junior

    5'11"
  • 2020-21Senior

    5'11"