Terrence Michael "Terry" Paul (born September 14, 1964, in

Oakville, Ontario Oakville is a town in Halton Region, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Lake Ontario between Toronto and Hamilton. At its 2021 census population of 213,759, it is Ontario's largest town. Oakville is part of the Greater Toronto Area, one of the ...

) is a retired rowing coxswain from

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. He competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. At his second appearance he was the

Coxswain The coxswain ( , or ) is the person in charge of a boat, particularly its navigation and steering. The etymology of the word gives a literal meaning of "boat servant" since it comes from ''cock'', referring to the cockboat, a type of ship's boa ...

of the team that won the gold medal in the Men's Eights. Paul has gone on to an extensive coach career in the US College system at

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, and then internationally with Canada, Switzerland, and then Canada again. More recently, he was the coach of the Canadian Men's Pair of Dave Calder and

Scott Frandsen Scott Frandsen (born July 21, 1980, in Kelowna, British Columbia) is a Canadian rower of Danish and Swedish descent. Biography Born in Kelowna, British Columbia, he began rowing at age 16 at Brentwood College (High School), in Britis ...

at the

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. Paul coached the crew to an Olympic Silver Medal.

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Canadian Olympic Committee
* 1964 births Canadian male rowers Living people Olympic gold medalists for Canada Olympic rowers for Canada Sportspeople from Oakville, Ontario Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics {{Canada-Olympic-medalist-stub