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Full name | Robert Douglas Espeseth Jr. | ||||||||||||||
Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | October 25, 1953||||||||||||||
Occupation | Rowing coach | ||||||||||||||
Years active | 1989–present | ||||||||||||||
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Robert Douglas Espeseth Jr. (born October 25, 1953) an American former competitive rower and Olympic medal winner. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [1]
Espeseth was a participant in the 1976 Summer Olympics and an alternate on the US rowing team for the 1980 Summer Olympics [1] but did not compete due to the U.S. Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. He was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal many years later. [2] Espeseth and teammates Douglas Herland and Kevin Still won the bronze medal in the Men's Pair with coxswain (2+) event with a time of 7:12.81 at the 1984 Summer Olympics. [3]
At the 1986 World Championships in Nottingham, England, he placed first in the coxless 4 (4-) boat and took third place the following year in the same event in Copenhagen, Denmark.[ citation needed] He was considered one of the favorites to win the coxed pair in the 1988 Summer Olympics with partner Daniel Lyons, but became sick and was unable to compete. [4]
A University of Wisconsin–Madison alumnus, Espeseth is a member of the UW Athletic Hall of Fame, UW Rowing Hall of Fame, [5] and the US Rowing Hall of Fame. [6]
As of 2014 [update], Espeseth is currently the coach of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Rowing Mocs.
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Full name | Robert Douglas Espeseth Jr. | ||||||||||||||
Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | October 25, 1953||||||||||||||
Occupation | Rowing coach | ||||||||||||||
Years active | 1989–present | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Robert Douglas Espeseth Jr. (born October 25, 1953) an American former competitive rower and Olympic medal winner. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [1]
Espeseth was a participant in the 1976 Summer Olympics and an alternate on the US rowing team for the 1980 Summer Olympics [1] but did not compete due to the U.S. Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. He was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal many years later. [2] Espeseth and teammates Douglas Herland and Kevin Still won the bronze medal in the Men's Pair with coxswain (2+) event with a time of 7:12.81 at the 1984 Summer Olympics. [3]
At the 1986 World Championships in Nottingham, England, he placed first in the coxless 4 (4-) boat and took third place the following year in the same event in Copenhagen, Denmark.[ citation needed] He was considered one of the favorites to win the coxed pair in the 1988 Summer Olympics with partner Daniel Lyons, but became sick and was unable to compete. [4]
A University of Wisconsin–Madison alumnus, Espeseth is a member of the UW Athletic Hall of Fame, UW Rowing Hall of Fame, [5] and the US Rowing Hall of Fame. [6]
As of 2014 [update], Espeseth is currently the coach of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Rowing Mocs.