Edward Jennings

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Edward "Ed" Francis Jennings (born April 9, 1898 in Philadelphia , † February 9, 1975 in San Diego ) was an American rower .

With a height of 1.57 m and a competition weight of 44 kg Jennings had good qualifications for the position of helmsman in rowing.

At the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, he drove the two-man helmsman of the Pennsylvania Barge Club with Leon Butler and Harold Wilson . Out of five boats, only the Belgian two was eliminated in the preliminary run, who had finished third behind the French and the Americans in the first preliminary run. From the second heat, the Swiss and the Italians qualified both boats. In the final, the Swiss won just ahead of the Italians. The Americans received the bronze medal ahead of the French, who had led for a long time, but fell back to fourth and last place in the end.

In 1932 the two-man with helmsman of the Pennsylvania Barge Club with Joseph Schauers , Charles Kieffer and helmsman Jennings qualified for the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Since only four boats had reported, there were no preliminary runs. The US boat won six seconds ahead of the Poles, ten seconds behind the French won the bronze medal, ahead of the Brazilians who were beaten.

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  • Wolf Reinhardt, Ralph Schlueter: The Games of the VIII Olympiad in 1924 in Paris and the I. Winter Olympics in Chamonix . Agon Sportverlag, Kassel 2016 ISBN 978-3-89784-408-7 pp. 297-298
  • 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. 248–249
personal data
SURNAME Jennings, Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jennings, Edward Francis (full name); Jennings, Ed
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rower
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 1975
Place of death San Diego