Tom Murray (rower)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thomas "Tom" P. Murray (born January 20, 1969 in Buffalo ) is a former rower from the United States who was the 1999 world champion with the four-man with helmsman .

Athletic career

The 1.93 m tall Tom Murray won the gold medal with the eighth at the 1987 Junior World Championships . In 1991 he finished eighth at the World Championships with the US eighth . Two years later, the US eight won the bronze medal at the 1993 World Championships behind the German and Romanian large boats.

In 1994 Murray switched to the four without a helmsman . At the 1994 World Championships , he took ninth place in this boat class, followed by seventh place in 1995 . At the 1996 Olympic Games in front of a home crowd in Atlanta, the four-man without a helmsman took eleventh place. After two years without participation in the World Championship, Murray entered the 1999 World Championship in St. Catharines in the no longer Olympic boat class four-man with helmsman and won the world championship at the end of his career.

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Murray, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Murray, Thomas P. (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rower
DATE OF BIRTH 20th January 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Buffalo