David Turner (rower)

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David Turner rowing
Full name David Lindsay "Dave" Turner
nation United StatesUnited States United States
birthday September 23, 1923
place of birth Oakland ,  United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
date of death June 26, 2015
Place of death Jacksonville ,  United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Career
discipline Eighth
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings Olympic games
gold 1948 London Eighth
 

David Lindsay "Dave" Turner (born September 23, 1923 in Oakland , California , United States ; † June 26, 2015 in Jacksonville , Florida , United States) was an American rower and Olympic champion .

Life

David Turner rowed for the University of California, Berkeley . At the age of 25, he won the gold medal in rowing ( eighth ) with the US team at the 1948 Summer Olympics in Helsinki . His brother Ian also rowed on the same team. He later became a lieutenant and pilot in the United States Navy , where he served in the Korean War and Vietnam War and retired as Lieutenant Commander in 1969 . He then served as a civilian hurricane pilot with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and recorded most of a pilot's flights in the eye of a hurricane until he retired in 1993.

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personal data
SURNAME Turner, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Turner, David Lindsay (full name); Turner, Dave (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rower, lieutenant, pilot, and hurricane pilot
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Oakland , California
DATE OF DEATH June 26, 2015
Place of death Jacksonville , Florida , United States