Donald Spero

Donald M. Spero (born August 9, 1939 in Chicago ) is a former American rower . In 1966 he was world champion in single .

Spero won his first international medal in 1961 when he won the Maccabiade in a four with helmsman . In 1963 he occupied at the European Rowing Championships along with Seymour Cromwell second place in the double sculls behind the Czechoslovaks Vladimír Andrs and Pavel Hofmann but before the Soviet rowers Oleg Tyurin and Boris Dubrovsky , later Olympic champion in this boat class were one year.

Spero rowed in the Olympic Games in 1964 , but entered the final injured and reached the goal in sixth and last. At the European Championships in 1964, he finished third behind Olympic champion Vyacheslav Ivanov and the Dutchman Robert Groen . In 1965 Spero won the Diamond Sculls at the Henley Royal Regatta . Spero's greatest success as a rower was winning the single at the rowing world championships in 1966 ahead of Jan Wienese and Jochen Meißner .

Spero was American champion in 1963, 1964 and 1966 in singles, in 1963 in doubles and in 1965 in doubles. He rowed for the New York Athletic Club . In 1993 he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame .

After studying physics at Cornell University and completing his doctorate at Columbia University , he worked on research on microwave lamps at the University of Maryland . He used his knowledge to found his company Fusion Systems, which he headed for 21 years. He later taught corporate practice at the University of Maryland.

Web links

• Donald Spero in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Donald Spero in the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame

Individual evidence

1. ↑ European championships in double sculls on sport-complete
2. ↑ European championships in one on sport-complete
3. ^ Portrait of the entrepreneur Donald Spero