Michael Bach (rower)
Michael Richardson Bach (born July 25, 1960 in Staten Island , New York City ) is a retired rower from the United States who was second in the 1984 Olympics in the four with helmsman .
Athletic career
Michael Bach, 1.93 m tall, graduated from Cornell University as an engineer in 1982 . In 1983 he finished sixth in the four without a helmsman at the 1983 World Championships .
At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Thomas Kiefer , Gregory Springer , Michael Bach, Edward Ives and helmsman John Stillings finished second behind the British and second behind the New Zealanders in the rebound. In the final, the British won with a one-and-a-half second lead over the Americans, who for their part were over three seconds ahead of the third-placed New Zealanders.
Web links
- Michael Bach in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Michael Bach at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
Footnotes
- ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 . P. 1017
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SURNAME | Bach, Michael |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | bach, Michael Richardson (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American rower |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 25, 1960 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Staten Island , New York City |