Charles Chandler (rower)

Charles Robert Chandler (born July 21, 1911 in Berkeley , † June 22, 1982 in Oakland ) was an American rower .

The six-foot-tall Chandler was a member of the eighth of the Golden Bears , the sports team at the University of California, Berkeley , in 1932 . The eighth won the championships of the Intercollegiate Rowing Association and also qualified for the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles . In the run-up to the Olympic regatta, the eighth won by four seconds ahead of the boat from Canada. In the final, the Italian eighth, who was two tenths of a second behind the Californian boat at the finish, led the Canadians bronze.

Chandler later worked for a business form development company.

Web links

Charles Chandler in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

literature

Karl Lennartz , Wolf Reinhardt, Ralph Schlueter: The Games of the X. Olympiad 1932 in Lake Placid and Los Angeles . Agon Sportverlag, Kassel 2015 ISBN 978-3-89784-406-3 pp. 252-255

personal data
SURNAME	Chandler, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Chandler, Charles Robert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American rower
DATE OF BIRTH	July 21, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berkeley
DATE OF DEATH	June 22, 1982
Place of death	Oakland