Howard Kingsbury

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Howard Kingsbury rowing
Full name Howard Thayer Kingsbury, Jr.
nation United StatesUnited States United States
birthday September 11, 1904
place of birth New York City ,  United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
date of death October 27, 1991
Place of death Yarmouthport ,  United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Career
discipline Eighth
society Yale Bulldogs
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings Olympic games
gold 1924 Paris Eighth
 

Howard Thayer Kingsbury, Jr. (born September 11, 1904 in New York City , New York , United States , † October 27, 1991 in Yarmouthport , Massachusetts , United States) was an American rower , Olympic champion and educator .

Life

Howard Kingsbury rowed for the Yale Bulldogs . At the age of 20, he won the gold medal in rowing with the US team at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris ( eighth ). After graduating in 1926, Kingsbury devoted some time to civil engineering , but left the company shortly after to study at the University of Oxford . He then became an educator and died in 1991 at the age of 87.

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personal data
SURNAME Kingsbury, Howard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kingsbury, Howard Thayer, Jr. (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rower and senior educator
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York , United States
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 1991
Place of death Yarmouthport , Massachusetts , United States