Ted Nash (rower)
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| Born | October 29, 1932 Melrose, Massachusetts, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | July 3, 2021 (aged 88) Medford, New Jersey, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
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Theodore Allison Nash II (October 29, 1932 – July 3, 2021) was an American competition rower and Olympic champion, rowing coach, and sports administrator.[1][2] Nash participated, either as a coach or athlete, in eleven separate Olympic Games from 1960 to 2008.[3]
In March 2023, Jennifer Fox named him as the real-life coach from her film The Tale, which detailed her sexual abuse as a child.[4]
He was born in Melrose, Massachusetts.[1][2] Nash served as a pilot[3] and first lieutenant in the Army Aviation division, teaching aviation and aerobatics.[1] He was a member of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. While in the military, he was also an anti-guerrilla warfare instructor, an officer candidate school tactical officer for the Army and a member of the elite Green Beret, and special forces units for the Army. He was recalled four times on special friendly projects across the world.[citation needed]
Nash has served as both freshman and varsity coach for Penn and been a longtime supporter and icon of Penn AC.
Rowing career
Nash won a gold medal in coxless fours at the 1960 Summer Olympics[1][5] and a bronze for the same event at the 1964 Olympics.[1] He also won gold medals at the 1959 and 1963 Pan American Games.[1][2][6]
Coaching career
Nash coached at the University of Pennsylvania, first as freshman coach from 1965, then as head coach from 1969 to 1983.[7][1][2] He was also a longtime supporter of Penn AC.[7] Nash co-founded the National Women's Rowing Association and was the unofficial running coach at the Padukies Track Club in Philadelphia.[4]
He also coached entrepreneurs Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss in the coxless pair at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[8]
