Jason Read
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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 24, 1977 East Amwell Township, New Jersey, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jason Read (born December 24, 1977)[1] rowed in the bow seat in the 2004 Summer Olympics Gold medal-winning U.S. Men's Rowing Team Eight.
He attended the Hun School of Princeton, where he took up rowing, continuing the sport at Temple University. As a volunteer with the Amwell Valley – Ringoes Rescue Squad in Ringoes, he was among those who responded after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.[2]
Read was a member of the U.S. rowing team for the 2008 Summer Olympics.[3]
References
- ^ Jason Read Archived 2018-07-05 at the Wayback Machine, USRowing. Accessed November 10, 2016.
- ^ Lieber, Jill. "Read emerges from nightmare with stronger faith, will", USA Today, July 21, 2004. Accessed June 12, 2007. "He became passionate about rowing when he was an eighth-grader at The Hun School in Princeton, N.J., battling his way to the 2004 Olympic eight despite always being seen as too small in such a powerful sport."
- ^ "Area pair are rowing alternates", The Times (Trenton), June 28, 2008.
Categories:
- 1977 births
- Living people
- American male rowers
- Hun School of Princeton alumni
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in rowing
- People from East Amwell Township, New Jersey
- Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Temple Owls rowers
- World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games medalists in rowing
- Temple Owls rowing coaches
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games