Terrence Michael "Terry" Paul (born September 14, 1964, in

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) is a retired rowing coxswain from

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. He competed in two consecutive

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for his native country, starting in 1988. At his second appearance he was the

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of the team that won the gold medal in the Men's Eights. Paul has gone on to an extensive coach career in the US College system at

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, and then internationally with Canada, Switzerland, and then Canada again. More recently, he was the coach of the Canadian Men's Pair of Dave Calder and

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at the

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. Paul coached the crew to an Olympic Silver Medal.

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Canadian Olympic Committee
* 1964 births Canadian male rowers Living people Olympic gold medalists for Canada Olympic rowers for Canada Sportspeople from Oakville, Ontario Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-Olympic-medalist-stub