Brad Alan Lewis

Bradley Alan Lewis (born November 9, 1954 in Los Angeles ) is a former American rower and Olympic champion in double sculls .

The 1.93 m tall Lewis finished ninth in the double foursome at the 1977 World Championships . This remained his only placement at world championships until 1983. At the 1983 World Championships he competed with Paul Enquist in a double scull and finished sixth.

Of the five ahead of the two US rowers boats only the world champion boat which entered East Germany because of the Olympic boycott not with the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles in. In the first run in Los Angeles, the German two (bronze last year) won ahead of Lewis and Enquist and the Norwegian vice world champions. In the second heat, the Belgians, who were not among the top twelve boats last year, won. Lewis and Enquist qualified with a victory against the Yugoslavs in the repechage for the final. In the final, the two Americans won ahead of the Belgians and the Yugoslavs. It was the first Olympic victory for a US boat since 1964 .

Web links

• Brad Alan Lewis in the Sports-Reference database (archived from the original )
• Brad Alan Lewis at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )