Norman Bellingham (born December 23, 1964) is an American

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and Olympic champion who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s.

Background

Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won gold in the K-2 1000 m event at Seoul in

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. Bellingham was Chief Operating Officer of the

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from 2006 to 2011. He previously had been employed as Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning of

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in Atlanta, a position he held from 2002. Bellingham attended

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and graduated in 1983. Bellingham is also a graduate of

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where he earned an honors BA in economics in 1993, and ultimately returned in 1998 to earn his MBA.

References

International Canoe Federation announcement of Bellingham as United States Olympic Committee Chief Operating Officer.
- accessed October 10, 2009. * * 1964 births Living people American male canoeists American referees and umpires American television executives Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in canoeing Harvard College alumni Sportspeople from Atlanta Sportspeople from Colorado Springs, Colorado Olympic medalists in canoeing American chief operating officers Harvard Business School alumni Canoeists at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games {{US-canoe-bio-stub Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in canoeing