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Fred Kingsbury
Frederick John Kingsbury IV (May 20, 1927 – October 7, 2011) was an American Rowing (sport), rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia and was the son of Frederick John Kingsbury Jr. In 1948 he was a crew member of the American boat which won the bronze medal in the coxless fours event. He went on to a career in sonar technology in New London, Connecticut. He settled in Guilford. External links * Fred Kingsbury's obituary 1927 births 2011 deaths Rowers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in rowing American male rowers Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Phillips Exeter Academy alumni {{US-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowing At The Summer Olympics
Rowing at the Summer Olympics has been part of the competition since its debut in the 1900 Summer Olympics. Rowing was on the program at the 1896 Summer Olympics but was cancelled due to bad weather. Only men were allowed to compete until the women's events were introduced at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal which gave national federations the incentive to support women's events and catalysed growth in women's rowing. Lightweight rowing events (which have weight-limited crews) were introduced to the games in 1996. Qualifying for the rowing events is under the jurisdiction of the World Rowing Federation. World Rowing predates the modern Olympics and was the first international sport federation to join the modern Olympic movement. Summary Events At the 2016 and other recent Olympics, the following 14 events were contested: *Men: Single sculls, Double sculls, Quadruple sculls, Coxless pair, Coxless four, Eight. *Lightweight Men: Double sculls, Coxless four *Women: Sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |