Harold Boyce Budd Jr. (born January 4, 1939) is a retired American competition rower who won a gold medal in the eights at the 1964 Olympics.
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Birth name | Harold Boyce Budd Jr. | ||||||||||||||||
Born | January 4, 1939 (1939-01-04) (age 83) Summit, New Jersey, U.S.[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 93 kg (205 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||
Club | Vesper Boat Club[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Budd graduated from Yale University in 1961, and then joined Philadelphia's Vesper Boat Club, winning with them national titles in the pairs, fours, and eights in 1964 and 1965. He also won a bronze medal in the eights at the 1965 European championships.[2] In 1962, he spent a year at Cambridge University in England, and won with them the Henley Royal Regatta in the eights.[1]
In 1980, Budd's home in Devon, Pennsylvania, was robbed; his Olympic gold medal was stolen and never recovered.[3]
Olympic champions – Men's eight | |
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See also: 1972 New Zealand eight · 1984 Canadian men's eight |
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