Edward Payson Ferry (June 18, 1941 – September 18, 2023) was an American competition rower and Olympic champion.

Biography

Born in

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, Ferry won a gold medal in ''coxed pairs'' at the

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with Conn Findlay. They were first partnered in 1961, when Ferry was a 19-year-old sophomore at Stanford with only a year of rowing experience. Ferry won a gold medal at the

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in the coxed pair. Edward Ferry died in

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on September 18, 2023, at the age of 82.

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* 1941 births 2023 deaths Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in rowing Stanford Cardinal men's rowers Rowers from Seattle American male rowers Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in rowing Rowers at the 1963 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub