John Everett

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John Gardner Everett (born September 10, 1954 in Salem , Massachusetts ) is a former rower from the United States who was world champion with the eighth in 1974 .

Career

In 1974, the US eight won the title at the World Championships in Lucerne , with the first five boats only about three seconds apart. In 1975 Everett finished fifth at the 1975 World Championships with eighth . In the same year he won the 1975 Pan American Games in San Juan with eighth . The following year, the eighth from the United States finished ninth at the Olympic Games in Montreal . With Richard Cashin , John Everett, Mark Norelius , Alan Shealy and helmsman David Weinberg , there were five world champions from 1974 in 1976.

In 1979 he competed in a four-man with helmsman at the World Championships in Bled . Thomas Darling , Robert Espeseth , John Everett, Steven Christensen and helmsman Timothy Clifford were fourth, only two hundredths of a second behind the third-placed rowers from Germany . In 1980 Everett missed his second Olympic participation because of the Olympic boycott . At the 1981 World Championships , the American four- man teamed up with Andrew Sudduth , Thomas Woodman , John Everett, Fred Borchelt and helmsman Robert Jaugstetter . Di crew won the silver medal behind the boat from the GDR , 2.8 seconds behind. In the following year at the World Championships in Lucerne Andrew Sudduth, Charles Altekruse , John Everett, Fred Borchelt and Robert Jaugstetter won the bronze medal behind the boats from the GDR and Czechoslovakia. At his last World Cup participation in 1983 in Duisburg Everett finished seventh with the four.

Everett began rowing while studying at MIT . After graduating, he moved to Stanford University for a master’s degree and then returned to MIT for a doctorate. He then became a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Michigan . In addition to his professional career, John Everett remained active as a rower. The crew of the eight, which was not allowed to participate in the 1980 Olympic Games because of the boycott, took part regularly in the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston for the thirty years that followed.

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Eight finals entry at worldrowing.com
  2. ↑ Four-way finals entry at worldrowing.com
  3. ^ Entry by the Construction Engineering and Project Management department from 2008 (accessed August 18, 2020)
  4. ↑ Michigan professor and 1980 Olympic team that never was still rowing strong , reported October 28, 2013 (accessed August 18, 2013)
personal data
SURNAME Everett, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Everett, John Gardner (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rower
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Salem , Massachusetts