John Pescatore
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Full name | John Anthony Pescatore | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Cocoa Beach, Florida, U.S. | February 2, 1964||||||||||||||||||||
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John Anthony Pescatore (born February 2, 1964) is an American rower. He competed in the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games for the United States as stroke of the men's eight which placed third.[1] He later competed at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games in the men's coxless pair. Then in 2000 he was placed top coach in America for coaching the coxless pair to silver at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Pescatore was also in the 1987 eight that won the world championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Pescatore graduated in 1986 from the University of Pennsylvania where, as captain, he stroked the men's varsity eight to victory at the Eastern Sprints. He was the head coach of rowing at Yale University from 2002 to 2010.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ralph Hickok (February 18, 2009). "History – Olympic Rowing Medalists". HickokSports.com. Archived from the original on December 15, 2011. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
- ^ "John Pescatore Steps Down as Yale Heavyweight Crew Coach". Yale Bulldogs. August 3, 2010. Archived from the original on September 24, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
External links
[edit]- John Pescatore at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in rowing
- American male rowers
- World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Penn Quakers rowers
- Yale Bulldogs rowing coaches
- Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century American sportsmen