John Miller (rower)

John Lester Miller (born June 5, 1903 in Brooklyn , New York City , † August 1, 1965 in New York City) was an American rower .

The 1.90 m tall Miller was with the Yale Bulldogs , the sports club of Yale University , also as an American footballer and as a water polo player. He achieved his greatest success as a rower with the Yale eight at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris. In the second run, the crew won ahead of the boats from Canada and the Netherlands. In the final, the British and the Italians competed as preliminary winners alongside the Americans, and the Canadians came as winners of the repechage. At the finish of the finals, the Americans had a lead of over 15 seconds over the Canadians, as in the preliminary run, the Italians received the bronze medal.

After graduating, Miller worked in the construction and real estate industries. In later years he was a director at a Federal Home Lone Bank .

Web links

John Miller in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

literature

Wolf Reinhardt, Ralph Schlueter: The Games of the VIII Olympiad in 1924 in Paris and the I. Winter Olympics in Chamonix . Agon Sportverlag, Kassel 2016 ISBN 978-3-89784-408-7 pp. 302–305

personal data
SURNAME	Miller, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Miller, John Lester (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American rower
DATE OF BIRTH	June 5, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brooklyn
DATE OF DEATH	August 1, 1965
Place of death	New York City