Jeffrey McLaughlin

Jeffrey "Jeff" Dean McLaughlin (born October 31, 1965 in Summit , New Jersey ) is a former rower from the United States who was 1987 world champion with the eighth .

Career

The 1.98 m tall McLaughlin rowed at Northeastern University in Boston. In 1987 the US eight started at the World Championships in Nottingham with the line-up Michael Teti , Jon Smith , Ted Patton , Michael Still , Peter Nordell , Jeffrey McLaughlin, Douglas Burden , John Pescatore and helmsman Seth Bauer . The US eight won the final three seconds ahead of the boat from the GDR, behind which the Italians received bronze. The boat from the Federal Republic of Germany took sixth place. In the following year, the Germany eight won the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul with almost two seconds ahead of the boat from the Soviet Union. The US eight won the bronze medal, 25 hundredths of a second behind the boat from the USSR, with only John Rusher joining Michael Still compared to the previous year .

In 1990 McLaughlin finished ninth in the four without a helmsman at the World Championships in Tasmania . The following year, the American foursome with Michael Porterfield , Jeffrey McLaughlin, Thomas Bohrer and Patrick Manning won the silver medal behind the Australians at the 1991 World Championships . The Australians also won the Olympic Games in Barcelona in front of the boat from the United States, which was one and a half seconds behind the Australians in the cast Jeffrey McLaughlin, Douglas Burden, Thomas Bohrer and Patrick Manning.

McLaughlin graduated from Northeastern University and earned an MBA from Seattle University . He then worked in management in the mobile communications sector and later switched to a banking group.

Web links

• Jeffrey McLaughlin in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Jeffrey McLaughlin at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )