James Fifer

American rower

James Fifer

(left to right) James Beggs, Duvall Hecht, James Fifer

Medal record

Men’s rowing

Representing the United States
Olympic Games
	1956 Melbourne	Coxless pair

James Fifer (July 14, 1930 – June 7, 1986)^[1] was an American former competition rower and Olympic champion. He won the gold medal in coxless pair with Duvall Hecht at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.^[2]

References

^ "James Fifer Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-06. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
^ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Rowing" Archived 2007-12-08 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on May 14, 2008)

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Olympic champions – Men's coxless pair

1904: Robert Farnan & Joseph Ryan (USA)
1908: John Fenning & Gordon Thomson (GBR)
1924: Teun Beijnen & Willy Rösingh (NED)
1928: Kurt Moeschter & Bruno Müller (GER)
1932: Lewis Clive & Hugh Edwards (GBR)
1936: Willi Eichhorn & Hugo Strauß (GER)
1948: Jack Wilson & Ran Laurie (GBR)
1952: Charlie Logg & Thomas Price (USA)
1956: James Fifer & Duvall Hecht (USA)
1960: Valentin Boreyko & Oleg Golovanov (URS)
1964: George Hungerford & Roger Jackson (CAN)
1968: Jörg Lucke & Heinz-Jürgen Bothe (GDR)
1972: Siegfried Brietzke & Wolfgang Mager (GDR)
1976: Bernd Landvoigt & Jörg Landvoigt (GDR)
1980: Bernd Landvoigt & Jörg Landvoigt (GDR)
1984: Petru Iosub & Valer Toma (ROU)
1988: Andy Holmes & Steve Redgrave (GBR)
1992: Matthew Pinsent & Steve Redgrave (GBR)
1996: Matthew Pinsent & Steve Redgrave (GBR)
2000: Michel Andrieux & Jean-Christophe Rolland (FRA)
2004: Drew Ginn & James Tomkins (AUS)
2008: Drew Ginn & Duncan Free (AUS)
2012: Eric Murray & Hamish Bond (NZL)
2016: Eric Murray & Hamish Bond (NZL)
2020: Martin Sinković & Valent Sinković (CRO)

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