Jason Read

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NationalityAmerican
Education
SportRowing
Jason Read
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
BornRingoes, New Jersey, U.S.
Education
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing the  United States
Summer Olympics
Gold medal – first place2004 AthensEight
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2003 MilanEight
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2001 PrincetonEight
Gold medal – first place2004 LucerneFour
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2011 GuadalajaraEight

Jason Read[1] rowed in the bow seat in the 2004 Summer Olympics Gold medal-winning U.S. Men's Rowing Team Eight that set an Olympic record (5:19.85) in the heat on August 15, 2004.

He attended the Hun School of Princeton, where he took up rowing, continuing the sport at Temple University. As a volunteer with the Amwell Valley – Ringoes Rescue Squad in Ringoes, he was among those who responded to the September 11 attacks in 2001.[2]

Read was a member of the U.S. rowing team for the 2008 Summer Olympics.[3]

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