William Stowe
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
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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 |