William Gilmore (rower)
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Born | February 16, 1895[1] Wayne, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Died | December 5, 1969 (aged 74) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
Club | Bachelors Barge Club, Philadelphia | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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William Evans Garrett Gilmore (February 16, 1895 – December 5, 1969), sometimes known as Garrett Gilmore, was an American rower.[2] He won a silver medal in the single sculls at the 1924 Summer Olympics and a gold in double sculls at the 1932 Games.[3]
Gilmore served in the U.S. Army during World War I.[4] He took up rowing in 1919 at the Bachelors Barge Club in Philadelphia. Next year he won his first junior national title. He later collected five national senior titles in the single sculls and several more in the doubles. After retiring from competitions Gilmore worked as a real estate broker.[1]
He died on December 5, 1969, and was interred at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.[4]
References
- ^ a b Garrett Gilmore. sports-reference.com
- ^ Killanin, Baron Michael Morris; Rodda, John (1976). The Olympic games: 80 years of people, events and records. Macmillan. p. 49.
- ^ "William Gilmore". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Going for the Gold – Olympians at Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill". www.westlaurelhill.com. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
External links
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- 1904: John Mulcahy & William Varley (USA)
- 1920: Paul Costello & John B. Kelly Sr. (USA)
- 1924: Paul Costello & John B. Kelly Sr. (USA)
- 1928: Paul Costello & Charles McIlvaine (USA)
- 1932: Ken Myers & William Gilmore (USA)
- 1936: Jack Beresford & Dick Southwood (GBR)
- 1948: Richard Burnell & Bert Bushnell (GBR)
- 1952: Tranquilo Cappozzo & Eduardo Guerrero (ARG)
- 1956: Aleksandr Berkutov & Yuriy Tyukalov (URS)
- 1960: Václav Kozák & Pavel Schmidt (TCH)
- 1964: Oleg Tyurin & Boris Dubrovskiy (URS)
- 1968: Aleksandr Timoshinin & Anatoliy Sass (URS)
- 1972: Aleksandr Timoshinin & Gennadiy Korshikov (URS)
- 1976: Frank Hansen & Alf Hansen (NOR)
- 1980: Joachim Dreifke & Klaus Kröppelien (GDR)
- 1984: Brad Alan Lewis & Paul Enquist (USA)
- 1988: Nico Rienks & Ronald Florijn (NED)
- 1992: Peter Antonie & Stephen Hawkins (AUS)
- 1996: Agostino Abbagnale & Davide Tizzano (ITA)
- 2000: Luka Špik & Iztok Čop (SLO)
- 2004: Sébastien Vieilledent & Adrien Hardy (FRA)
- 2008: David Crawshay & Scott Brennan (AUS)
- 2012: Nathan Cohen & Joseph Sullivan (NZL)
- 2016: Martin Sinković & Valent Sinković (CRO)
- 2020: Hugo Boucheron & Matthieu Androdias (FRA)
- 2024: Andrei-Sebastian Cornea & Marian Enache (ROU)
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