Donald Beer
American rower
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Full name | Donald Andrew E. Beer |
Born | (1935-05-31)May 31, 1935 Manhattan, New York City, US |
Died | January 25, 1997(1997-01-25) (aged 61) Princeton, New Jersey, US |
Resting place | Buried in Trinity All Saints Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey |
Education | Yale University (BSE) Harvard University (MBA) |
Spouse | Nancy Gardner Beer (died 1997) |
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Sport | Rowing |
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Donald A. E. Beer (May 31, 1935 – January 25, 1997) was an American competition rower and Olympic champion.
He received a gold medal in eights with the American rowing team at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[1] The eight rowers were Yale undergraduates. Beer was a member of the Class of 1957 for Yale with a major in electrical engineering, and graduated from Harvard Business School in 1959 with a master's degree in business administration.[2][3]
References
- ^ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Rowing" Archived 2007-12-08 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on May 15, 2008)
- ^ "Donald Beer, 61; Won Olympic Gold in Rowing". The New York Times. 27 January 1997.
- ^ "Donald Andrew E. BEER". Olympics. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
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External links
- Donald Beer's obituary
- Donald Beer's Find a Grave
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Olympic champions – Men's eight
- 1908:
Gladstone, Kelly, Johnstone, Nickalls, Burnell, Sanderson, Etherington-Smith, Bucknall, Maclagan (GBR)
- 1960:
Rulffs, Schröder, F. Schepke, K. Schepke, von Groddeck, Hopp, Bittner, Lenk, Padge (EUA)
- 1968:
Meyer, Hottenrott, Schreyer, Hirschfelder, Henning, Siebert, Ulbricht, Ott, Tiersch (FRG)
- 2020:
Mackintosh, Bond, Murray, Brake, Williamson, Wilson, Kirkham, Macdonald, Bosworth (NZL)
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