Calvin Coffey
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Full name | Calvin Thomas Coffey | |||||||||||||
Born | January 27, 1951 Norwich, Connecticut, U.S. | (age 70)|||||||||||||
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Calvin Thomas Coffey (born January 27, 1951) is an American rower who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. He was born in Norwich, Connecticut. In 1976 he and his partner Mike Staines won the silver medal in the coxless pairs event.[1]
More recently, Calvin Coffey survived a life-threatening car crash.
Calvin Coffey was the maker of CTC racing shells, and pioneered the use of composite materials in rowing equipment.
References[]
- ^ Wallechinsky, David (2012). The Book of Olympic Lists. p. 15. ISBN 978-1845137731.
External links[]
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Calvin Coffey". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
Categories:
- 1951 births
- Living people
- Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in rowing
- American male rowers
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games medalists in rowing
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States
- Rowers at the 1971 Pan American Games
- American rowing Olympic medalist stubs