John Hartigan (rowing)

John Hartigan
Personal information
Birth name John DeStefani Hartigan
Born (1940-02-28) February 28, 1940
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Height 157 cm (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight 52 kg (115 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport Rowing
Club Vesper Boat Club
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  United States
World Rowing Championships
1974 Lucerne Lwt eight
Pan American Games
1983 Caracas Coxed four
1979 San Juan Coxed four

John DeStefani Hartigan (born February 28, 1940) is an American coxswain who twice competed at Olympic Games.

Hartigan was born in 1940 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.[1] He was a coxswain for the University of Pennsylvania, and he graduated from there in 1963. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, he coxed the men's four and they came fifth.[1] He won a gold medal at the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne with the lightweight men's eight.[2] At the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico, he won a bronze medal with the coxed four. At the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela, he won gold with the coxed four.[1] He last competed at international level with the lightweight men's eight at the 1986 World Rowing Championships in Nottingham, England, where they came sixth.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "John Hartigan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 "John Hartigan". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved December 1, 2017.


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