Dan Beery

Dan Beery
Personal information
Born January 4, 1975 (1975-01-04) (age 43)
Oaktown, IN

Daniel Beery (born January 4, 1975) is an American competition rower, Olympic champion, world champion and world cup gold medalist.

Beery won a gold medal in Men's Eights at the 2004 Summer Olympics, as a member of the American team.[1] The time 5:19.85 was a new world record. Beery is a member of the New York Athletic Club's Hall of Fame. He retired from rowing in 2008. Prior to his start in rowing at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga, Beery played collegiate basketball.

After proposing via text message, he married British-born American Olympic rower Jennifer Goldsack on January 17, 2009. Dan is now remarried to Sabrina Iffland and they have 2 children together.

He now works as a sports insurance broker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[2]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Dan Beery". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
  2. "Vows: Jennifer Goldsack and Dan Beery". The New York Times. February 8, 2009.


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