Ted Nash (rower)
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Born | October 29, 1932 Melrose, Massachusetts, U.S. | (age 91)|||||||||||||||||
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Theodore Allison Nash II (born October 29, 1932) is an American competition rower and Olympic champion, rowing coach, and sports administrator. Nash has represented his country, either as a coach or athlete, at eleven separate Olympic Games since 1960.[citation needed]
Nash has served as both freshman and varsity coach for Penn and been a longtime supporter and icon of Penn AC.
Nash was a member of both the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. While in the military, he was a test pilot, an aerobatics instructor for the Korean, Indian and Pakistani military advisory group project, an anti-guerrilla warfare instructor and officer candidate school tactical officer for the Army, and a member of the elite Green Beret and special forces units for the Army. He was recalled four times on special "friendly" projects across the world.[citation needed]
He was born in Melrose, Massachusetts.
Nash won a gold medal in coxless fours at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[1] He won gold medals at the 1959 and 1963 Pan American Games.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ted Nash". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2008. "Theodore Allison 'Ted' Nash, II"
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