Hugh Foley
Foley at the 1964 European Championships[1]
Personal information
Full nameHugh Miller Foley
BornMarch 3, 1944
Seattle, Washington, U.S.[2]
DiedNovember 9, 2016(2016-11-09) (aged 72)[3]
Alma materLa Salle University
Height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubVesper Boat Club[2]
Medal record
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Eight
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1967 WinnipegCoxed four
European Rowing Championships
Bronze medal – third place1965 Duisburg Eight
Bronze medal – third place1967 Vichy Coxless four

Hugh Miller Foley (March 3, 1944 – November 9, 2016) was an American rower. Competing in the eights he won an Olympic gold medal in 1964 and a bronze medal at the 1965 European Championships.[4] He also won a gold in the coxed fours at the 1967 Pan American Games.[5] During his career, Foley won a total of six national titles in the fours and eights.[2]

Foley was born in Seattle, but was raised in Martin City, Montana, where his father worked as a forester and a farmer. In 1962, Foley enrolled to Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles,[6] but then transferred to La Salle University in Philadelphia, graduating in 1966 in accounting. He joined the Vesper Boat Club there around 1963.[7] He remained active in rowing after retiring from competitions, and coached at Boston University in the 1970s, but later became a financial advisor in Eugene, Oregon.[2] His Olympic medal was stolen from his home in 1996, but was recovered by the police.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Spero of U.S. Gains in European Rowing. New York Times (August 7, 1964)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Hugh Foley. sports-reference.com
  3. ↑ Hugh Foley's obituary
  4. ↑ Rudern – Europameisterschaften – Herren. Vierer o.Stm. Achter. sport-komplett.de
  5. ↑ Steven Olderr (14 September 2009). The Pan American Games / Los Juegos Panamericanos: A Statistical History, 1951–1999, bilingual edition / Una Historia Estadística, 1951–1999, edición bilingüe. McFarland. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-4766-0468-8.
  6. ↑ Stowe, 39
  7. ↑ Stowe, 41
  8. ↑ Stowe, 170

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