Douglas "Doug" John Herland (August 19, 1951 – March 26, 1991) was a

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 ...

bronze medal Winner, coxing the Men's Pair with coxswain (2+) event. Following his successes at the Olympics, Herland began the " Freedom on the River" campaign, obtaining government funding for materials and equipment necessary for disabled people to row. Throughout the rest of his life, Herland would continue to champion and promote adaptive rowing. Born with

brittle bone disease Osteogenesis imperfecta (; OI), colloquially known as brittle bone disease, is a group of genetic disorders that all result in bones that break easily. The range of symptoms—on the skeleton as well as on the body's other organs—may be m ...

''(Osteogenesis Imperfecta)'', Herland stood a mere 4'8" (142 cm) and weighed 107 pounds (48.5 kg).

Coaching positions

*Ewauna Rowing Club, Klamath Falls (1975–1978) *

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

(1980-198?) * Pacific Lutheran University (1985–1988) --Took over the rowing program after the "retirement of Dave "Smed" Peterson (1974–1984).

External links

Ewauna Rowing ClubPLU ExperienceMention of him in a speech"Unbreakable": First hand account of Herland's Life as told by friend Trudy Williams
{{DEFAULTSORT:Herland, Doug 1951 births 1991 deaths Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in rowing Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics American coxswains (rowing) People with osteogenesis imperfecta Pacific Lutheran University people American male rowers Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Michigan Wolverines rowing coaches