Brad Alan Lewis (born November 9, 1954, in

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) is an American competition rower and an

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gold medalist.

Biography

Lewis qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but did not compete due to the U.S. Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. He was one of 461 athletes to receive a

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many years later. He and his rowing partner Paul Enquist won the gold medal in the

double sculls A double scull, also abbreviated as a 2x, is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two persons who propel the boat by sculling with two oars each, one in each hand. Racing boats (often called "shells") are ...

at the

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. They were the first American rowing crew to win a gold medal in any event since 1964.Phillips, Angus, 1990-10-30
The Confessed Grinder Lets Us In on a Scull Session
''The Washington Post''. He also writes books, including an account of his 13-year Olympic gold medal effort: OLYMPIAN.

References

External links

Brad Alan Lewis's personal website

Olympian book by Brad Alan Lewis
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in rowing American male rowers Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics 1954 births Living people Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Congressional Gold Medal recipients 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub