Warren DeHaven Westlund (August 20, 1926 – February 13, 1992) was an American

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 di ...

, an Olympic gold medallist at London 1948.

Rowing

Westlund graduated from Roosevelt High School and took up rowing at the University of Washington where he rowed varsity crews. In 1948 he was the strokeman of the American boat which won the gold medal in the coxed fours event.

Career and personal

He was born in

Olympia, Washington Olympia is the capital of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat and largest city of Thurston County. It is southwest of the state's most populous city, Seattle, and is a cultural center of the southern Puget Sound region. European ...

and died in

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aged 65. He was an automobile dealer running a Buick GMC dealership in Seattle and had been a past chairman of the Seattle Automobile Show. He was married 41 years to his wife Pauline.Westlund Obituary
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Westlund, Warren 1926 births 1992 deaths American male rowers Rowers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in rowing Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics