Nina Castagna

Cristina Castagna is an American rowing coxswain. She represented the United States in the women's eight at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where they placed fifth.

Career

Castagna was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, and attended Walnut Hills High School. She wanted to row as a high school freshman but was instead trained to cox because of her size at and.
Castagna attended the University of Washington, where she competed with the Washington Huskies [women's rowing|Huskies] rowing team from 2019 to 2023. She finished as high as second place in the varsity eight at the rowing championship|NCAA championships]. She was given first-team All-Pac-12 honors three times and first-team All-American during her final season.
Castagna won silver with the United States in the women's eight at the 2023 World Rowing Championships. Castagna was selected to cox the United States women's eight at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France.