David Wight (rower)
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Full name | David Henry Wight | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
Born | July 28, 1934 London, Great Britain | ||||||||||||||
Died | November 9, 2017 | (aged 83)||||||||||||||
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David Henry "Dave" Wight (born July 28, 1934 in London, and died November 9, 2017), was an American competition rower and Olympic champion.[1]
He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where he received a gold medal in eights with the American team.[2]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dave Wight". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
- ^ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Rowing" Archived 2007-12-08 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on May 15, 2008)
Categories:
- 1934 births
- 2017 deaths
- Sportspeople from London
- English emigrants to the United States
- American male rowers
- Olympic rowers of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in rowing
- Rowers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- American rowing Olympic medalist stubs