- Conn Findlay
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Olympic medal record Men's rowing Competitor for the United States
Gold 1956 Melbourne Coxed pairs Gold 1964 Tokyo Coxed pairs Bronze 1960 Rome Coxed pairs Men's sailing Bronze 1976 Montreal Tempest class Conn Francis Findlay (born April 24, 1930 in Stockton, California) is a four-time Olympic medalist, and is one of the few to medal in two distinct sports.
In college, Findlay rowed for the University of Southern California[1].
Findlay won gold medals in rowing at the 1956 and the 1964 Summer Olympics, and took a bronze at the 1960 Games, all in the Pair with Coxswain event.
At the 1976 Summer Olympics sailing events, Findlay crewed for Dennis Conner to win a Bronze medal in the Tempest two-man keelboat class. Findlay was also part of the winning America's Cup sailing crews in 1974 and 1977.
Findlay currently lives in Northern California and occasionally referees local rowing regattas and was named USRowing's man of the year in 2007
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Achievements
Olympic Games
- 1956 - Gold, Rowing, Pair with Cox (Arthur D Ayrault, Conn Findlay, Kurt A Seiffert (cox))
- 1960 - Bronze, Rowing, Pair with Cox (Conn Findlay, Richard Draeger, Kent Mitchell (cox))
- 1964 - Gold, Rowing, Pair with Cox (Edward Ferry, Conn Findlay, Kent Mitchell (cox))
- 1976 - Bronze, Sailing, Tempest Class (Dennis Conner, Conn Findlay)
World Championships
- 1962 - 5th, Rowing, Pair with Cox (Edward Ferry, Conn Findlay, Kent Mitchell (cox))
Pan American Games
- 1963 - Gold, Rowing, Pair with Cox (Edward Ferry, Conn Findlay, Kent Mitchell (cox))
Resources
1900:
François Brandt, Roelof Klein (cox. Hermanus Brockmann in the heat; unknown in the final) • 1920:
Ercole Olgeni, Giovanni Scatturin (cox. Guido De Filip) • 1924:
Édouard Candeveau, Alfred Felber (cox. Émile Lachapelle) • 1928:
Hans Schöchlin, Karl Schöchlin (cox. Hans Bourquin) • 1932:
Joseph Schauers, Charles Kieffer (cox. Edward Jennings) • 1936:
Gerhard Gustmann, Herbert Adamski (cox. Dieter Arend) • 1948:
Finn Pedersen, Tage Henriksen (cox. Carl Andersen) • 1952:
Raymond Salles, Gaston Mercier (cox. Bernard Malivoire) • 1956:
Arthur Ayrault, Conn Findlay (cox. Armin Seiffert) • 1960:
Bernhard Knubel, Karl Renneberg (cox. Klaus Zerta) • 1964:
Edward Ferry, Conn Findlay (cox. Kent Mitchell) • 1968:
Primo Baran, Renzo Sambo (cox. Bruno Cipolla) • 1972:
Wolfgang Gunkel, Jörg Lücke (cox. Klaus-Dieter Neubert) • 1976:
Harald Jährling, Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich (cox. Georg Spohr) • 1980:
Harald Jährling, Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich (cox. Georg Spohr) • 1984:
Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale (cox. Giuseppe di Capua) • 1988:
Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale (cox. Giuseppe di Capua) • 1992:
Greg Searle, Jonny Searle (cox. Garry Herbert)
Categories:- 1930 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from San Jose, California
- American rowers
- American sailors
- American yacht racers
- Olympic rowers of the United States
- Olympic sailors of the United States
- Rowers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States
- Sportspeople from California
- University of Southern California alumni
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Olympic medalists in sailing
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