Armin Kurt Seiffert (born December 21, 1935) is an American competition

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is ...

and Olympic champion. Born in

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, he competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in

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, where he received a gold medal as coxswain in ''coxed pairs'', with Conn Findlay and Arthur Ayrault."1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Rowing"
(Retrieved on May 15, 2008)

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