Robert Detweiler
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's rowing | ||
Competitor for the  United States | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 1952 Helsinki | Men's eights |
Robert Detweiler (20 July 1930 – 8 December 2003) was an American competition rower and Olympic champion, naval officer, and scientist of solid state physics. He won a gold medal in coxed eights at the 1952 Summer Olympics, as a member of the American team.[1]
After the Olympics, Detweiler became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[2]
References
- ↑ Profile: Bob Detweiler sports.reference.com (Retrieved on 10 December 2008)
- ↑ Deseret News Church Almanac, 2009 edition, p. 326