Warren Westlund | |
Birth Name: | Warren DeHaven Westlund |
Birth Date: | August 20, 1926 |
Death Date: | February 13, 1992 |
Alma Mater: | University of Washington |
Sport: | Rowing |
Club: | University of Washington |
Warren DeHaven Westlund (August 20, 1926 - February 13, 1992) was an American rower, an Olympic gold medallist at London 1948.
Westlund graduated from Roosevelt High School and took up rowing at the University of Washington where he rowed varsity crews. In 1948 he was the strokeman of the American boat which won the gold medal in the coxed fours event.
He was born in Olympia, Washington and died in Seattle aged 65. He was an automobile dealer running a Buick GMC dealership in Seattle and had been a past chairman of the Seattle Automobile Show. He was married 41 years to his wife Pauline.[1]