American rower
Robert Espeseth
Espeseth coaching the
UTC rowing team
Full name Robert Douglas Espeseth Jr. Born (1953-10-25 ) October 25, 1953 (age 70) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , U.S.Occupation Rowing coach Years active 1989–present
Robert Douglas Espeseth Jr. (born October 25, 1953) an American former competitive rower and Olympic medal winner. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .[ 1]
Espeseth was a participant in the 1976 Summer Olympics and an alternate on the US rowing team for the 1980 Summer Olympics [ 1] but did not compete due to the U.S. Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. He was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal many years later.[ 2]
Espeseth and teammates Douglas Herland and Kevin Still won the bronze medal in the Men's Pair with coxswain (2+) event with a time of 7:12.81 at the 1984 Summer Olympics .[ 3]
At the 1986 World Championships in Nottingham , England , he placed first in the coxless 4 (4-) boat and took third place the following year in the same event in Copenhagen , Denmark .[citation needed ] He was considered one of the favorites to win the coxed pair in the 1988 Summer Olympics with partner Daniel Lyons , but became sick and was unable to compete.[ 4]
A University of Wisconsin–Madison alumnus, Espeseth is a member of the UW Athletic Hall of Fame, UW Rowing Hall of Fame,[ 5] and the US Rowing Hall of Fame.[ 6]
As of 2014[update] , Espeseth is currently the coach of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Rowing Mocs.
Crew Coach (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga) (1989?–present)
Coordinator of Club Sports (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)[ 7]
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^ "1984 Summer Olympics: Rowing" . databaseolympics.com . Archived from the original on May 17, 2011. Retrieved March 21, 2011 .
^ Mergen, Mike (August 15, 2004). "Rowing teaches teamwork lessons" . USA Today .
^ Taylor, Bradley (2005). Wisconsin Where They Row . University of Wisconsin Press. p. 143. ISBN 0-299-20530-4 .
^ "Rowing Hall of Fame" . Hickok Sports. Archived from the original on February 23, 2002. Retrieved March 21, 2011 .
^ "UTC Campus Recreation" . University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Retrieved March 21, 2011 .
1962 : (Gerd Wolter , Dagobert Thometschek , Peter Paustian , Christian Prey )
1966 : (Frank Forberger , Frank Rühle , Dieter Grahn , Dieter Schubert )
1970 : (Frank Forberger , Frank Rühle , Dieter Grahn , Dieter Schubert )
1974 : (Siegfried Brietzke , Andreas Decker , Stefan Semmler , Wolfgang Mager )
1975 : (Siegfried Brietzke , Andreas Decker , Stefan Semmler , Wolfgang Mager )
1977 : (Wolfgang Mager , Stefan Semmler , Andreas Decker , Siegfried Brietzke )
1978 : (Vladimir Predbradzensky , Nikolay Kuznetsov , Valeriy Dolinin , Anatoly Nemtyryov )
1979 : (Wolfgang Mager , Andreas Decker , Stefan Semmler , Siegfried Brietzke )
1981 : (Aleksey Kamkin , Valeriy Dolinin , Aleksandr Kulagin , Vitaliy Eliseyev )
1982 : (Bruno Saile , Jürg Weitnauer , Hans-Konrad Trümpler , Stefan Netzle )
1983 : (Norbert Keßlau , Volker Grabow , Jörg Puttlitz , Guido Grabow )
1985 : (Norbert Keßlau , Volker Grabow , Jörg Puttlitz , Guido Grabow )
1986 : (Ted Swinford , Daniel Lyons , John Riley , Robert Espeseth )
1987 : (Jens Luedecke , Thomas Greiner , Ralf Brudel , Olaf Förster )
1989 : (Jens Luedecke , Thomas Greiner , Ralf Brudel , Olaf Förster )
1990 : (Nick Green , Mike McKay , James Tomkins , Samuel Patten )
1991 : (Andrew Cooper , Nick Green , Mike McKay , James Tomkins )
1993 : (Michel Andrieux , Daniel Fauché , Philippe Lot , Jean-Christophe Rolland )
1994 : (Riccardo Dei Rossi , Raffaello Leonardo , Valter Molea , Carlo Mornati )
1995 : (Riccardo Dei Rossi , Raffaello Leonardo , Valter Molea , Carlo Mornati )
1997 : (James Cracknell , Tim Foster , Matthew Pinsent , Steve Redgrave )
1998 : (James Cracknell , Tim Foster , Matthew Pinsent , Steve Redgrave )
1999 : (James Cracknell , Steve Redgrave , Ed Coode , Matthew Pinsent )
2001 : (Toby Garbett , Steve Williams , Ed Coode , Rick Dunn )
2002 : (Sebastian Thormann , Paul Dienstbach , Philipp Stüer , Bernd Heidicker )
2003 : (Cameron Baerg , Thomas Herschmiller , Jake Wetzel , Barney Williams )
2005 : (Steve Williams , Pete Reed , Alex Partridge , Andrew Triggs Hodge )
2006 : (Steve Williams , Pete Reed , Alex Partridge , Andrew Triggs Hodge )
2007 : (Carl Meyer , James Dallinger , Eric Murray , Hamish Bond )
2009 : (Alex Partridge , Richard Egington , Alex Gregory , Matt Langridge )
2010 : (Jean-Baptiste Macquet , Germain Chardin , Julien Desprès , Dorian Mortelette )
2011 : (Matt Langridge , Richard Egington , Tom James , Alex Gregory )
2013 : (Boaz Meylink , Kaj Hendriks , Mechiel Versluis , Robert Lücken )
2014 : (Alex Gregory , Moe Sbihi , George Nash , Andrew Triggs Hodge )
2015 : (Marco Di Costanzo , Matteo Castaldo , Matteo Lodo , Giuseppe Vicino )
2017 : (Joshua Hicks , Spencer Turrin , Jack Hargreaves , Alexander Hill )
2018 : (Joshua Hicks , Spencer Turrin , Jack Hargreaves , Alexander Hill )
2019 : (Mateusz Wilangowski , Mikołaj Burda , Marcin Brzeziński , Michał Szpakowski )
2022 : (William Stewart , Sam Nunn , David Ambler , Freddie Davidson )
2023 : (Oliver Wilkes , David Ambler , Matt Aldridge , Freddie Davidson )