Hugh Foley

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Hugh Foley
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Foley at the 1964 European Championships [1]
Personal information
Full nameHugh Miller Foley
BornMarch 3, 1944 (1944-03-03) (age 76)
Seattle, Washington, U.S. [2]
Alma mater La Salle University
Height191 cm (6 ft 3 in) [2]
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Sport Rowing
Club Vesper Boat Club [2]
Medal record
Representing the Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1964 Tokyo Eight
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1967 Winnipeg Coxed four
European Rowing Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1965 Duisburg Eight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1967 Vichy Coxless four

Hugh Miller Foley (born March 3, 1944) is a retired American rower. Competing in the eights he won an Olympic gold medal in 1964 and a bronze medal at the 1965 European Championships. [3] He also won a gold in the coxed fours at the 1967 Pan American Games. [4] During his career, Foley won a total of six national titles in the fours and eights. [2]

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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, [5] but then transferred to La Salle University in Philadelphia, graduating in 1966 in accounting. He joined the Vesper Boat Club there around 1963. [6] 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. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Spero of U.S. Gains in European Rowing. New York Times (August 7, 1964)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Hugh Foley. sports-reference.com
  3. ↑ Rudern – Europameisterschaften – Herren. Vierer o.Stm. Achter. sport-komplett.de
  4. ↑ Steven Olderr (14 September 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.
  5. ↑ Stowe, 39
  6. ↑ Stowe, 41
  7. ↑ Stowe, 170

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