John Pescatore

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John Anthony Pescatore (born February 2, 1964 in Cocoa Beach ) is a former rower from the United States who was world champion with eighth in 1987 .

Athletic career

In 1987, the US eight started at the World Championships in Nottingham with the cast 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 Pescatore finished fifth at the World Championships with the US eight . Together with Peter Sharis , Pescatore started in twos without a helmsman at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona , and the two achieved sixth place.

The 6-foot tall John Pescatore graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and earned a Masters in Mathematics from the University of San Francisco . He worked as a rowing coach at Stanford University and then at St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco. From 2002 to 2010 he was the head coach at Yale University . In 2010 he stopped working as a rowing coach and since 2014 he has been organizing bike tours in the Pyrenees. Pescatore is married to the rower Ann Martin .

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personal data
SURNAME Pescatore, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pescatore, John Anthony (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rower
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd February 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Cocoa Beach