David Lindsay "Dave" Turner (September 23, 1923 – June 26, 2015) was an American competition rower and Olympic champion, naval aviator in World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War and later hurricane hunter for the US Navy and NOAA. Born in

Oakland, California Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat and most populous city in Alameda County, California, Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major We ...

, he won a gold medal in the men's eight at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau ...

, as a member of the American team. His brother

Ian Ian or Iain is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin, which is derived from the Hebrew given name ( Yohanan, ') and corresponds to the English name John. The spelling Ian is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic forename ''Iain''. This name is a po ...

was on the same Olympic team.

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1923 births 2015 deaths American male rowers Rowers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in rowing Sportspeople from Oakland, California Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics United States Navy personnel of World War II United States Navy personnel of the Korean War United States Navy personnel of the Vietnam War 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub