- Donald Beer
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Medal record Men’s rowing Competitor for the United States Olympic Games Gold 1956 Melbourne Eights Donald A. E. Beer (May 31, 1935 – January 25, 1997) was an American competition rower from Massachusetts, and Olympic champion.
He received a gold medal in eights with the American rowing team at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[1] The eight rowers were Yale undergraduates. Beer was a member of the Class of 1957.[2]
References
- ^ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Rowing" (Retrieved on May 15, 2008)
- ^ Phelps Association membership directory, 2006
External links
Categories:- 1935 births
- 1997 deaths
- American rowers
- Olympic rowers of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Rowers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- American rowing Olympic medalist stubs
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