Rusty Wailes
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1956 Melbourne | Eight | |
1960 Rome | Coxless four |
Richard "Rusty" Donald Wailes, a.k.a. Perfect Oarsman (March 21, 1936 in Edmonds, Washington – October 11, 2002 on Lake Washington) was an American rower.
Wailes began
Wailes's crews defeated Harvard four consecutive years in the Harvard–Yale Regatta. Wailes was heavyweight crew captain his senior year.[1] The athletic department bestowed upon Wailes the 1958 William Neely Mallory Award, the most prestigious athletic award given to a senior male at Yale.[2]
Rusty earned again Olympic Gold as part of the four-man coxless crew at the 1960 Games in Rome. That team included John Sayre and two other rowers, Ayrault and Nash, from other colleges at the Lake Washington Rowing Club. They won the Pan American Games in 1959 and then went off to the Olympics in Rome.
Rusty, his wife, Lynne, and John Sayre, were a part of the original group, 'Sing-Out 65,' which became
On October 11, 2002, Rusty Wailes, who lived in
References
- ^ "Rusty Wailes won 2 Olympic golds in rowing, won hearts as volunteer", The Seattle Times, October 26, 2002, by line Peter Lewis
- ^ "William Neely Mallory Award - Yale Bulldogs". www.yalebulldogs.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-05.