Brad Alan Lewis (born November 9, 1954 in

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) is an American competition rower and an

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gold medalist.

Olympian

Lewis qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but did not compete due to the U.S. Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. He was one of 461 athletes to receive a

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many years later. He and his rowing partner

Paul Enquist Paul N. Enquist (born December 13, 1955 in Seattle, Washington) is an American competition rower and Olympic champion an Olympic Games gold medalist. Enquist won a gold medal in ''double sculls'' at the 1984 Summer Olympics, together with Brad ...

won the gold medal in the

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at the

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. They were the first American rowing crew to win a gold medal in any event since 1964.Phillips, Angus, 1990-10-30
The Confessed Grinder Lets Us In on a Scull Session
''The Washington Post''. He also writes books, including an account of his 13-year Olympic gold medal effort: OLYMPIAN.

References

External links

Brad Alan Lewis's personal website

Olympian book by Brad Alan Lewis
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in rowing American male rowers Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics 1954 births Living people Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Congressional Gold Medal recipients {{US-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub