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2022-23 MIT Men's Heavyweight Crew Roster

Nikolaos Tsakiris

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Athens, Greece
  • High School Athens College

Biography

2022-23 [COMPLETE BOATINGS]:
- Was the #2 seat of the Club 8+ “A” that finished 25th at the Head of the Charles (10/22)


2021-22 [COMPLETE BOATINGS]:
- Appeared in two events
- Was the #2 seat of the V4+ that was fourth at the Donahue Cup (4/9)
- Was the #3 seat of the V4+ that lost to Bates (4/23)


Favorite Sports Memory:
- Winning the Soccerlink Cup with my team in Greece.


Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Rowing my first regatta with MIT.


Off the Water at MIT:
- Majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in computer science and a concentration in robotics and controls
- Internship: MISTI Africa (internship at Ultimate Aviation – Johannesburg, South Africa)
- Research: Urban Planning UROP – analyzing health outcome in counties
- Research: Mechanical Engineering UROP – running thermodynamic simulations of internal combustion engines
- Terrascope athletics chair
- Concert band
- IM soccer
- Recreational sailing and windsurfing


High School:
- Graduated from Athens College
- Competed in track and field, soccer, and windsurfing
- Valedictorian
- Bronze Medal in the Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad (2018), Honorable Mention in the International Chemistry Olympiad (2020), First Prize in the Panhellenic Physics Competition (three times)
- Founding member and head of promotions of the mock company SAVEAT
- Co-founder of the YouTube channel MATHS Q&A
- Saxophone

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    6'0"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    6'0"