Andrew Sudduth

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Andrew Hancock Sudduth (born November 21, 1961 in Baltimore , † July 15, 2006 in Marion , Massachusetts ) was an American rower .

Sudduth won the silver medal behind the British boat with the US eight at the U23 World Championships in 1981. At the 1981 World Championships in the adult class, he won a silver medal behind the GDR four, together with Thomas Woodman , John Everett , Fred Borchelt and helmsman Robert Jaugstetter in a four with a helmsman . In 1982 the US four with James Altekruse received the bronze medal behind the boats from the GDR and Czechoslovakia for Woodman. After a seventh place with the four at the 1983 World Championships , Sudduth moved to the US eighth for the 1984 Olympic Games . The US eight in the line-up Walter Lubsen , Andrew Sudduth, John Terwilliger , Christopher Penny , Thomas Darling , Fred Borchelt, Charles Clapp , Bruce Ibbetson and helmsman Robert Jaugstetter won his preliminary run in Los Angeles, but lost to the Canadians by four tenths of a second in the final .

The 1.91 m tall Andrew Sudduth won the 1985 Henley Royal Regatta with the eighth at Harvard University . Sudduth also rowed in the single , in this boat class he won five times at the Head of the Charles Regatta . At the 1985 World Championships , Sudduth also competed in the single and finished second behind Pertti Karppinen , but ahead of Peter-Michael Kolbe . The following year, Sudduth started again in eighth at the World Championships , with which he won the bronze medal behind the Australians and the eighth from the Soviet Union. At the 1987 World Championships , Sudduth finished seventh in the single. Also at the Olympic Games in 1988 Sudduth rowed in the single, he finished sixth and ended his career in the US national team after eight years.

The Harvard graduate Sudduth spent the next few years in the computer industry developing servers. In 2006 he died of pancreatic cancer.

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SURNAME Sudduth, Andrew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sudduth, Andrew Hancock (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rower
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Baltimore
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 2006
Place of death Marion (Massachusetts)