Hugh Miller Foley (March 3, 1944 – November 9, 2016) was an American rower. Competing in the
eights he won an Olympic gold medal in 1964 and a bronze medal at the 1965 European Championships.
[ He also won a gold in the ]coxed four
A coxed four, abbreviated as a 4+, is a racing shell used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars and is steered by a coxswain.
The crew consists of four rowers, each having one ...
s at the 1967 Pan American Games.[
Foley was born in Seattle, but was raised in ]Martin City, Montana
Martin City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Flathead County, Montana, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 500, up from 331 in 2000.
Martin City owes its existence to the early 1950s ...
, where his father worked as a forester and a farmer. In 1962, Foley enrolled to Loyola Marymount University
Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a private Jesuit and Marymount research university in Los Angeles, California. LMU enrolls over 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, making it the largest Catholic university on the west coast of the ...
in Los Angeles, but then transferred to La Salle University
La Salle University () is a private university, private, Catholic university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The university was founded in 1863 by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools and named for St. Jean-Bapt ...
in Philadelphia, graduating in 1966 in accounting. He joined the Vesper Boat Club there around 1963. He remained active in rowing after retiring from competitions, and coached at Boston University
Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. BU was founded in 1839 by a group of Boston Methodism, Methodists with its original campus in Newbury (town), Vermont, Newbur ...
in the 1970s, but later became a financial advisor in Eugene, Oregon
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.[ His Olympic medal was stolen from his home in 1996, but was recovered by the police.][Stowe, 170]
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1944 births
2016 deaths
Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in rowing
American male rowers
Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in rowing
Rowers at the 1967 Pan American Games
European Rowing Championships medalists
Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games
20th-century American sportsmen
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