Thomas Charlton (rower)
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| Full name | Thomas Jackson Charlton, Jr. | ||||||||||||
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July 12, 1934 (age 81) Savannah, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||||
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Thomas Jackson "Tom" Charlton, Jr. (born July 12, 1934) is an American competition rower and Olympic champion.
Born in Savannah, Georgia,[1] he won a gold medal in eights with the American team at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[2] The eight rowers were Yale undergraduates. Charlton was a member of the Class of 1956.
References
- ↑ "Tom Charlton". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
- ↑ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Rowing". databaseolympics.com. Retrieved May 15, 2008.
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