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George Elwood Hunt Jr. (August 1, 1916 – September 3, 1999) was an American rower, an Olympic gold medallist at Berlin 1936.[1]

George Hunt

Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
	1936 Berlin	Men's eight

Hunt took up rowing at the University of Washington. He rowed in UW senior varsity eights which won US national Intercollegiate Rowing Association titles in 1936 and 1937.[2] At the 1936 Summer Olympics, he won the gold medal rowing in the six seat of the American boat in the men's eight competition.[3]

An engineering graduate, Hunt served as a Seabee in the South-Pacific theatre of WWII.[2] He founded construction firms in Seattle and consulted on The Burien Library and Seattle University's Lemieux Library. He worked in the Port of Seattle's engineering department before retiring in 1980.[1]

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- [en] George Hunt (rower)

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[ru] Хант, Джордж (гребец)

Джордж Элвуд «Шорти» Хант младший (англ. George Elwood "Shorty" Hunt Jr.; 1 августа 1916[1][2], Пуйаллап, Вашингтон — 3 сентября 1999[2], Иссакуа, Вашингтон) — американский гребец, выступавший за сборную США по академической гребле в середине 1930-х годов. Чемпион летних Олимпийских игр в Берлине, победитель и призёр многих студенческих регат. Участник Второй мировой войны.

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