Nick Mead (rower)

Nick Mead
Personal information
Born (1995-03-12) March 12, 1995
Strafford, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight97 kg (214 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Coxless four
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Sarasota Eight
Silver medal – second place 2023 Belgrade Coxless four

Nick Mead (born March 12, 1995) is an American rower.[1] He rowed for Princeton University, from which he graduated in 2017.

Mead competed in the men's eight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2] At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Mead won a gold medal in the coxless men's four, the first for an American team since 1960.[3] He carried the US flag at the closing ceremonies alongside swimmer Katie Ledecky. Mead is the nephew of American foreign policy expert Walter Russell Mead.

References

  1. ^ "Nick Mead". Olympedia. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  2. ^ "Rowing - Heat 1 Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on July 25, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  3. ^ Shinn, Peggy (August 1, 2024). "In Rowing, Men's Four Wins First Olympic Gold Medal Since 1960" (Press release). Team USA. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
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