George Ahlgren
George Lewis Ahlgren (born August 16, 1928 in San Diego , † December 30, 1951 in Armer Mountain , Arizona ) was an American rower.
Ahlgren graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and was a member of the rowing team of the University Sports Team Golden Bears . At the 1948 Olympic Games , the eighth of the Golden Bears represented the United States in the line-up of Ian Turner , David Turner , James Hardy , George Ahlgren, Lloyd Butler , David Brown , Justus Smith , John Stack and helmsman Ralph Purchase . The US rowers won the preliminary, semi-finals and finals; in the final they had a lead of over ten seconds over the second-placed British.
After college, Ahlgren joined the US Air Force , dying in a plane crash.
Web links
- George Ahlgren in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
1900: Carr , DeBaecke , Exley , Geiger , Hedley , Juvenal , Lockwood , Marsh , Stm. Abell (USA) | 1904: Cresser , Gleason , Schell , Flanagan , Armstrong , Lott , Dempsey , Exley , Stm. Abell (USA) | 1908: Gladstone , Kelly , Johnstone , Nickalls , Burnell , Sanderson , Etherington-Smith , Bucknall , Stm. Maclagan (GBR) | 1912: Burgess , Swann , Wormwald , Horsfall , Gillan , Garton , Kirby , Fleming , Stm. Wells (GBR) | 1920: Jacomini , Graves , Jordan , Moore , Sanborn , Johnston , Gallagher , King , Stm. Clark (USA) | 1924: Carpenter , Kingsbury , Lindley , Miller , Rockefeller , Sheffield , Spock , Wilson , Stoddard (USA) | 1928: Stalder , Brinck , Frederick , Thompson , Dally , Workman , Caldwell , Donlon , Stm. Blessing (USA) | 1932: Salisbury , Blair , Gregg , Dunlap , Jastram , Chandler , Tower , Hall , Stm. Graham (USA) | 1936: Morris , Day , Adam , White , McMillin , Hunt , Rantz , Hume , Stm. Moch (USA) | 1948: I. Turner , D. Turner , Hardy , Ahlgren , Butler , Brown , Smith , Stack , Stm. Purchase (USA) | 1952: Shakespeare , Fields , Dunbar , Murphy , Detweiler , Proctor , Frye , Stevens , Stm. Manring (USA) | 1956: Charlton , Wight , Cooke , Beer , Esselstyn , Grimes , Wailes , Morey , Stm. Becklean (USA) | 1960: Bittner , Hopp , Lenk , Rulffs , F. Schepke , K. Schepke , Schröder , von Groddeck , Stm. Padge (EUA) | 1964: Amlong , Amlong , Budd , Clark , Cwiklinski , Foley , Knecht , Stowe , Stm. Zimonyi (USA) | 1968: Meyer , Schreyer , Henning , Hottenrott , Ulbricht , Hirschfelder , Siebert , Ott , Stm. Tiersch (GER) | 1972: Hurt , Veldman , Joyce , Hunter , Wilson , Earl , Coker , Robertson , Stm. Dickie (NZL) | 1976: Baumgart , Döhn , Klatt , Kostulski , Lück , Wendisch , Karnatz , Prudöhl , Stm. Danielowski (GDR) | 1980: Krauss , Koppe , Kons , Friedrich , Doberschütz , Karnatz , Dühring , Höing , Stm. Ludwig (GDR) | 1984: Horn , Crawford , Mi. Evans , Steele , Main , Ma. Evans , Neufeld , Turner , Stm. McMahon (CAN) | 1988: Möllenkamp , Mellinghaus , Eichholz , Schultz , Wessling , Maennig , Rabe , Domian , Stm. Klein (GER) | 1992: Barber , Crosby , Forgeron , Marland , Porter , Rascher , Robertson , Wallace , Stm. Paul (CAN) | 1996: Maasdijk , Florijn , Bartman , Zwolle , van der Zwan , van Steenis , Simon , Rienks , Stm. Duyster (NED) | 2000: Lindsay , Hunt-Davis , Dennis , Attrill , Grubor , West , Scarlett , Trapmore , St. Douglas (GBR) | 2004: Read , Allen , Ahrens , Hansen , Deakin , Beery , Hoopman , Volpenhein , Stm. Cipollone (USA) | 2008: Byrnes , Hamilton , Howard , Kreek , Light , Rutledge , Seiterle , Wetzel , Stm. Price (CAN) | 2012: Adamski , Kuffner , Johannesen , Reinelt , Schmidt , Müller , Mennigen , Wilke , Stm. Sauer (GER) | 2016: Bennett , Durant , Gotrel , Langridge , Ransley , Reed , Satch , Hodge , Stm. Hill (GBR)
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| SURNAME | Ahlgren, George |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ahlgren, George Lewis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Diego |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 1951 |
| Place of death | Poor Mountain , Arizona |