Peter Harlow Raymond (born January 21, 1947) is a beekeeper, and an

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former

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who competed in the

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and in the

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. He was born in

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and attended

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and Princeton University.Fremon, Suzanne S
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'', August 13, 1972. Accessed November 22, 2017. "Peter Raymond, 25, of Princeton, a member of the Olympic eight‐oar crew, may be the New Jerseyan who is most likely to come home with a medal, perhaps even a gold medal.... Mr. Raymond has been rowing since his prep school days at South Kent School, and, as he said, "rowed all through Princeton," where he was stroke and captain of the varsity crew in his senior year. He was a member of the 1968 Olympic team, in the four without coxswain." In 1968, he was stroke of the American boat which finished fifth in the coxless four event. Four years later, he rowed #6 in the silver medal American eight in the 1972 eights competition. From 1974–85 he served as editor of The U. S. Rowing Association's magazine''The Oarsman'' which became the ''Rowing U.S.A.'' He was First Violin with the C.R.A.S.H.-B Marching Chamber Orchestra 1982–86. He is a writer and English teacher at Noble and Greenough school.

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1947 births Living people American male rowers Olympic silver medalists for the United States in rowing Sportspeople from Princeton, New Jersey Sportspeople from Mercer County, New Jersey Princeton University alumni Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1972 Summer Olympics South Kent School alumni Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics {{US-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub

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