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]
Olympics [ edit ] 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]
World championship [ edit ] 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]
Halls of fame [ edit ] 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.
Coaching positions [ edit ] Crew Coach (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga) (1989?–present) Coordinator of Club Sports (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)[7] References [ edit ] ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Robert Espeseth Jr" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2011 . ^ Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry. Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games . Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403 . ^ "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 )