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American rower (1941–2023)
Edward Payson Ferry (June 18, 1941 – September 18, 2023) was an American
competition rower and Olympic champion.
Biography
Born in
Seattle, Washington , Ferry won a gold medal in coxed pairs at the
1964 Summer Olympics with
Conn Findlay .
[1] They were first partnered in 1961, when Ferry was a 19-year-old sophomore at Stanford with only a year of rowing experience.
[2]
Ferry won a gold medal at the
1963 Pan American Games in the coxed pair.
Edward Ferry died in
Mill Valley, California on September 18, 2023, at the age of 82.
[3]
References
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;
Mallon, Bill ; et al.
"Ed Ferry" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com .
Sports Reference LLC . Archived from
the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2008 .
^
"Great Moments in Stanford Olympic History: Training Day"
Archived October 19, 2012, at the
Wayback Machine GoStanford.com July 5, 2012
^
"Olympic Champion Ed Ferry Dies" . Hear The Boat Sing . October 17, 2023. Retrieved October 17, 2023 .
External links
1900 :
François Brandt ,
Roelof Klein (cox.
Hermanus Brockmann in the heat; unknown in the final)
1920 :
Ercole Olgeni ,
Giovanni Scatturin (cox.
Guido De Felip )
1924 :
Édouard Candeveau ,
Alfred Felber (cox.
Émile Lachapelle )
1928 :
Hans Schöchlin ,
Karl Schöchlin (cox.
Hans Bourquin )
1932 :
Joseph Schauers ,
Charles Kieffer (cox.
Edward Jennings )
1936 :
Gerhard Gustmann ,
Herbert Adamski (cox.
Dieter Arend )
1948 :
Finn Pedersen ,
Tage Henriksen (cox.
Carl-Ebbe Andersen )
1952 :
Raymond Salles ,
Gaston Mercier (cox.
Bernard Malivoire )
1956 :
Dan Ayrault ,
Conn Findlay (cox.
Kurt Seiffert )
1960 :
Bernhard Knubel ,
Heinz Renneberg (cox.
Klaus Zerta )
1964 :
Edward Ferry ,
Conn Findlay (cox.
Kent Mitchell )
1968 :
Primo Baran ,
Renzo Sambo (cox.
Bruno Cipolla )
1972 :
Wolfgang Gunkel ,
Jörg Lucke (cox.
Klaus-Dieter Neubert )
1976 :
Harald Jährling ,
Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich (cox.
Georg Spohr )
1980 :
Harald Jährling ,
Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich (cox.
Georg Spohr )
1984 :
Carmine Abbagnale ,
Giuseppe Abbagnale (cox.
Giuseppe Di Capua )
1988 :
Carmine Abbagnale ,
Giuseppe Abbagnale (cox.
Giuseppe Di Capua )
1992 :
Greg Searle ,
Jonny Searle (cox.
Garry Herbert )