Duncan Gregg

Duncan Smith Gregg (born February 28, 1910 in Lamar , Colorado , † February 14, 1989 in Berkeley , California ) was an American rower .

Until his graduation in 1934, Gregg was 1.93 m tall and was a member of the eighth of the Golden Bears , the sports team at the University of California, Berkeley . The eighth won the 1932 and 1934 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.

Gregg studied civil engineering, later he was a manager at an aluminum company. Two of his sons and a granddaughter later also rowed for the Golden Bears in national championships.

Web links

Duncan Gregg 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	Gregg, Duncan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gregg, Duncan Smith (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American rower
DATE OF BIRTH	February 28, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lamar , Colorado
DATE OF DEATH	February 14, 1989
Place of death	Berkeley , California