Bruce Bernard Ibbetson (born January 13, 1953) is a former American competitive rower and Olympic silver medalist.
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Born | January 13, 1953 Hollywood, Los Angeles, U.S. | (age 71)||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Education
editBruce is a 1975 graduate of the University of California, Irvine.
Olympics
editIbbetson qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but was not able to compete due to the U.S. Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. He was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal many years later.[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.[2]
References
edit- ^ Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry (2008). Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bruce Ibbetson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.