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John Eiseman (October 13, 1925 – April 26, 2016) was an American
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who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Competing in two
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, he earned his best finish of 13th in the K-2 10000 m event at
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in
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. He was born in
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.


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John Eiseman's profile at Sports Reference.comMention of John Eiseman's death (page 33)
1925 births 2016 deaths Sportspeople from Philadelphia American male canoeists Canoeists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for the United States 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-canoe-bio-stub