John Terwilliger

John Terwilliger
Personal information
Born	December 14, 1957 (age 60); Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Men's rowing
Representing the United States
Olympic Games

John Richard Terwilliger (born December 14, 1957 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American former competitive rower and Olympic silver medalist.

Olympian

Terwilliger qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but was unable to compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. In 2007, he received one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes.^[1] He was a member of the American men's eights team that won the silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Terwilliger also participated in the men's coxed fours at the 1988 Summer Olympics and placed 5th overall. He spent his college career rowing for Seattle Pacific University, where he was a member of that school's first crew to participate in a national regatta, the Dad Vail.

References

↑ Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry. Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.

External links

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "John Terwilliger". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
Seattle Pacific University athlete biography, from http://www.spufalcons.com/.

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[1] Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry. Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.