James O'Rourke Jr. (born May 6, 1942 in
Yonkers, New York) is an American
sprint canoeist
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
Overview
Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...
who competed in the mid-1960s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the
C-2 1000 m event at the
1964 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...
in
Tokyo.
O'Rourke's father,
James Sr., competed for the
United States as a
canoeist at the 1936 Summer Olympics in
Berlin.
References
Sports-reference.com profile
External links
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1942 births
American male canoeists
Canoeists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists for the United States
Sportspeople from Yonkers, New York
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