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John Biglow
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1957-12-20) December 20, 1957 (age 66)
Seattle, Washington, United States
Alma materDartmouth Medical School
Occupation(s)MD, Rowing coach
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing the  United States
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Munich Single sculls
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Lucerne Single sculls

John Biglow (born December 20, 1957) is an American rower. He competed in the men's single sculls event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biglow was the best US single sculler in the early 1980s. He won bronze medals both at the 1981 and 1982 World championships in Lucerne[2][3]. Biglow also competed at the 1983 Worlds in quadruple sculls and at the 1985 Worldchampionships in double sculls. He won a gold medal in double sculls at the 1987 Pan American Games. He started sweep oar rowing at Lakeside School in Seattle. He then switched to sculling in 1981.

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Biglow Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
  2. ^ rowermc (March 24, 2007). "Rowing - 1X World Championships 1982 - Sliding riggers". Retrieved May 11, 2019 – via YouTube.
  3. ^ theSculler (February 12, 2011). "M1x World rowing championships, Muenchen 1981". Retrieved May 11, 2019 – via YouTube.