James Dietz

James "Jim" William Dietz (born January 12, 1949 in New York City ) is a former American rower and rowing coach.

The two-meter man from the Bronx rowed for the New York Athletic Club . He was 1967 junior world champion in one . At the Pan American Games in 1967 he won a double scull with James Storm . In 1971 Dietz finished sixth in the one at the European Championships . At the 1972 Olympic Games , Dietz took fifth place. In 1974 Dietz reached second place behind Wolfgang Hönig from the GDR at the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne , and the following year Dietz was ninth at the World Championships in Nottingham . At the Pan American Games in 1975 Dietz was second behind the Argentine Ricardo Ibarra . 1976 Dietz took part in the Olympic Games for the second time, at the Olympic Regatta in Montreal , he finished seventh.

In 1977 Dietz switched to the double scull and together with William Belden reached fifth place at the world championships . Two years later, the two finished seventh at the 1979 World Championships . At the Pan American Games in 1979 Dietz competed in a single and won bronze behind Ricardo Ibarra and the Canadian Phil Monckton . In 1980 Dietz was part of the US team for the Olympic Games in Moscow , which was not allowed to compete because of the Olympic boycott . In 1983 Dietz won another silver medal at the Pan American Games together with Curtis Fleming .

Dietz graduated from Northeastern University in Boston in 1972 and later became a rowing coach. From 1985 to 1994 Dietz was the head coach at the United States Coast Guard Academy . From 1995 to 2015 he was a rowing coach at the University of Massachusetts . In addition, Dietz was in charge of the United States' national rowing team on several occasions.

Web links

• James Dietz in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• James Dietz at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )