John Sayre

{{Short description|American rower (1936–2023)}}

{{for|the minister and peace activist born in 1884|John Nevin Sayre}}

{{distinguish|John Sayer (disambiguation){{!}}John Sayer}}

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| name = John Sayre

| image =John Sayre 1965.jpeg

| caption = Sayre in 1965

| birth_date = {{birth date text|April 1, 1936}}

| birth_place = Tacoma, Washington, U.S.

| death_date = {{death-date and age|November 9, 2023|April 1, 1936}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's rowing }}

{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}

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{{MedalGold | 1960 Rome | Coxless four }}

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John Sayre (April 1, 1936 – November 9, 2023) was an American competition rower and Olympic champion.

Born in Tacoma, Washington, Sayre won a gold medal in coxless fours at the 1960 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/john-sayre-1.html |title=John Sayre |access-date=December 18, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813125936/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/john-sayre-1.html |archive-date=August 13, 2011 }}{{cite book|author1=Jim Daves|author2=Tom Porter|author3=W. Thomas Porter|title=The Glory of Washington: The People and Events That Shaped the Husky Athletic Tradition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MLk99eStMWIC&pg=PA109|date=17 November 2000|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|isbn=978-1-58261-221-8|page=109}} He died November 9, 2023, at the age of 87.{{Cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/40861 |title=John Sayre |website=olympedia.org |access-date=November 25, 2023}}