William Stowe

William Stowe, 1964

William "Bill" Arthur Stowe (born March 23, 1940 in Oak Park , Illinois , † February 8, 2016 in Lake Placid , New York ) was an American rower .

Stowe began rowing in high school and was in college at Cornell University batsman of the eighth there , who won the college championships from 1960 to 1962. In 1963 he rowed as a lieutenant in the US Army for the Club de Nautique de Saigon . On his return he was batsman of the eight at the Vesper Boat Club in Philadelphia. At the 1964 Olympic Games , the Vesper Boat Club was the first club to place the US eighth and not a university. The US eight was an outsider against the favored Germany eight . The two boats met in the first run and the Germany eight won with a lead of 0.28 seconds. In the final, the US boat won by over five seconds. At the Pan American Games in 1967 , Stowe won in a four-man with helmsman , with Hugh Foley and helmsman Robert Zimonyi having two other Olympic champions from 1964 on the boat .

literature

Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 .

Web links

William Stowe in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

^ To Olympic Champion and Gentleman of Rowing. William Arthur Stowe 1940-2016

personal data
SURNAME	Stowe, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Stowe, William Arthur (full name); Stowe, Bill (short name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American rower
DATE OF BIRTH	March 23, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH	Oak Park , Illinois , United States
DATE OF DEATH	February 8, 2016
Place of death	Lake Placid , New York , United States

[1] To Olympic Champion and Gentleman of Rowing. William Arthur Stowe 1940-2016