Hugh Foley | |
Fullname: | Hugh Miller Foley |
Birth Date: | March 3, 1944 |
Birth Place: | Seattle, Washington, U.S.[1] |
Death Date: | [2] |
Alma Mater: | La Salle University |
Sport: | Rowing |
Club: | Vesper Boat Club |
Height: | 191 cm |
Weight: | 86 kg |
Hugh Miller Foley (March 3, 1944 - November 9, 2016) was an American rower. Competing in the eights he won an Olympic gold medal in 1964 and a bronze medal at the 1965 European Championships. He also won a gold in the coxed fours at the 1967 Pan American Games. During his career, Foley won a total of six national titles in the fours and eights.[1]
Foley was born in Seattle, but was raised in Martin City, Montana, where his father worked as a forester and a farmer. In 1962, Foley enrolled to Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles,[3] but then transferred to La Salle University in Philadelphia, graduating in 1966 in accounting. He joined the Vesper Boat Club there around 1963.[4] He remained active in rowing after retiring from competitions, and coached at Boston University in the 1970s, but later became a financial advisor in Eugene, Oregon.[1] His Olympic medal was stolen from his home in 1996, but was recovered by the police.[5]