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Born | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. [2] | July 25, 1943|||||||||||||||||
Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) [2] | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||
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Fairmount Rowing Association Vesper Boat Club [2] | |||||||||||||||||
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Stanley Francis "Stan" Cwiklinski (pronounced "quick-LIN-skee", [3] born July 25, 1943) is an American former rower. Competing in the eights he won an Olympic gold medal in 1964 and a bronze at the 1965 European Championship. [4]
Cwiklinski took up rowing at La Salle University, where he was teammates with Hugh Foley, and studied zoology. In 1963, he joined the Vesper Boat Club. [2] He was a career naval officer specializing in marine salvage.