Michael Altman (born August 21, 1975) is an American
lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the July
2008 World Rowing Championships in
Ottensheim
Ottensheim is a municipality in the district of Urfahr-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. In July 2008 it hosted the World Rowing Championships, and it did so again in 2019.
History
First settlements in this area date from about 4 ...
with the lightweight men's
eight.
At the August
2008 Summer Olympics
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, he came eleventh with the
lightweight coxless four.
Altman received his undergraduate degree at the
Walsh School of Foreign Service
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after graduating from
Redwood High School. He went on to earn his MBA at UCLA.
References
1975 births
Living people
American male rowers
World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States
Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic rowers of the United States
Redwood High School (Larkspur, California) alumni
Walsh School of Foreign Service alumni
UCLA Anderson School of Management alumni
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