Birth Date: | 25 July 1943 |
Birth Place: | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.[1] |
Sport: | Rowing |
Club: | Fairmount Rowing Association Vesper Boat Club |
Height: | 189 cm |
Weight: | 86 kg |
Stanley Francis "Stan" Cwiklinski (pronounced "quick-LIN-skee",[2] born July 25, 1943) is an American former rower. Competing in the eights he won an Olympic gold medal in 1964 and a bronze at the 1965 European Championship.
Cwiklinski took up rowing at La Salle University, where he was teammates with Hugh Foley, and studied zoology. In 1963, he joined the Vesper Boat Club.[1] He was a career naval officer specializing in marine salvage.