Jason Read
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Jason Read[1] rowed in the bow seat in the 2004 Summer Olympics Gold medal-winning U.S. Men's Rowing Team Eight that set an Olympic record (5:19.85) in the heat on August 15, 2004.
He attended the Hun School of Princeton, where he took up rowing, continuing the sport at Temple University. As a volunteer with the Amwell Valley – Ringoes Rescue Squad in Ringoes, he was among those who responded to the September 11 attacks in 2001.[2]
Read was a member of the U.S. rowing team for the 2008 Summer Olympics.[3]
References
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- ↑ Jason Read Template:Webarchive, USRowing. Accessed November 10, 2016.
- ↑ Lieber, Jill. "Read emerges from nightmare with stronger faith, will", USA Today, July 21, 2004. Accessed June 12, 2007. "He became passionate about rowing when he was an eighth-grader at The Hun School in Princeton, N.J., battling his way to the 2004 Olympic eight despite always being seen as too small in such a powerful sport."
- ↑ "Area pair are rowing alternates", The Times (Trenton), June 28, 2008.
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