Christopher Gore Penny (born May 4, 1962) is an American former competitive rower and Olympic silver medalist. He was a member of the American men's eights team that won the silver medal at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

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. A 1985 graduate of

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

, Penny studied at

St John's College, Oxford St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded as a men's college in 1555, it has been coeducational since 1979.Communication from Michael Riordan, college archivist Its founder, Sir Thomas White, intended to pro ...

, and took part in

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in 1988 after being left off the squad in 1987 when he, three other American oarsmen, and an American coxswain protested Oxford coach

Daniel Topolski Daniel "Dan" Topolski (4 June 1945 – 21 February 2015) was a British author, rower, rowing coach and commentator on BBC television. He studied at the University of Oxford where he represented the Blue boat twice, in 1967 and 1968. In 1977, he w ...

's training regimen (an incident known as "The Oxford Boat Race Mutiny").

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1962 births Living people American male rowers Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in rowing Alumni of St John's College, Oxford Oxford University Boat Club rowers Sportspeople from Morristown, New Jersey Princeton University alumni Rowers at the 1983 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in rowing {{US-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub

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