John Hartigan (rowing)
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| Birth name | John DeStefani Hartigan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 28, 1940 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | June 1, 2020 (aged 80)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 157 cm (5 ft 2 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Vesper Boat Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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John DeStefani Hartigan (February 28, 1940 – June 1, 2020) was an American coxswain who twice competed at Olympic Games.
Hartigan was born in 1940 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.[2] He had spina bifida.[1] He was a coxswain for the University of Pennsylvania, and he graduated from there in 1963. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, he coxed the men's four and they came fifth.[2] He won a gold medal at the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne with the lightweight men's eight.[3] At the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico, he won a bronze medal with the coxed four. At the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela, he won gold with the coxed four.[2] He last competed at international level with the lightweight men's eight at the 1986 World Rowing Championships in Nottingham, England, where they came sixth.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Cook, Bonnie L. (June 5, 2020). "John Hartigan, coxswain who faced down spina bifida to become a world-class athlete, dies at 80". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Hartigan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
- ^ a b "John Hartigan". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
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