Hugh Foley
 Foley at the 1964 European Championships[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Hugh Miller Foley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 3, 1944 Seattle, Washington, U.S.[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | November 9, 2016 (aged 72)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | La Salle University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Vesper Boat Club[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hugh Miller Foley (March 3, 1944 – November 9, 2016) was an American rower. Competing in the eights he won an Olympic gold medal in 1964 and a bronze medal at the 1965 European Championships.[4] He also won a gold in the coxed fours at the 1967 Pan American Games.[5] During his career, Foley won a total of six national titles in the fours and eights.[2]
Foley was born in Seattle, but was raised in Martin City, Montana, where his father worked as a forester and a farmer. In 1962, Foley enrolled to Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles,[6] but then transferred to La Salle University in Philadelphia, graduating in 1966 in accounting. He joined the Vesper Boat Club there around 1963.[7] He remained active in rowing after retiring from competitions, and coached at Boston University in the 1970s, but later became a financial advisor in Eugene, Oregon.[2] His Olympic medal was stolen from his home in 1996, but was recovered by the police.[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ Spero of U.S. Gains in European Rowing. New York Times (August 7, 1964)
- 1 2 3 4 5 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hugh Foley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016.
- ↑ "Hugh Foley's obituary". mykeeper.com.[dead link]
- ↑ Rudern – Europameisterschaften – Herren. Vierer o.Stm. Achter. sport-komplett.de
- ↑ Steven Olderr (September 14, 2009). The Pan American Games / Los Juegos Panamericanos: A Statistical History, 1951–1999, bilingual edition / Una Historia Estadística, 1951–1999, edición bilingüe. McFarland. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-4766-0468-8.
- ↑ Stowe, 39
- ↑ Stowe, 41
- ↑ Stowe, 170
Cited sources
[edit]- William A Stowe (2005). All Together. iUniverse. ISBN 978-0-595-34388-1.
External links
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- Hugh Foley at World Rowing (archive)
- Hugh Miller Foley at Olympics.com
- Hugh Foley at Olympic.org (archived)
- Hugh Foley at Olympedia
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