Josh Inman
{{short description|American rower}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2017}}Interview, Josh Inman
About
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|March 13, 1980}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's rowing }}
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}
{{MedalBronze | 2008 Beijing | Eight }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Rowing Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 2005 Gifu | Eight }}
{{MedalBronze | 2004 Banyoles | Coxed four }}
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Josh Inman (born March 13, 1980) is an American rower. Inman was born and raised in Hillsboro, Oregon, where he graduated from Hillsboro High School and became an Eagle Scout. He lettered with the Oregon State Beavers men's rowing team during the years 2000–2003.{{cite web|url=http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/m-rowing/spec-rel/081908aaa.html |title=Inman, U.S. Crew Win Bronze |website=osubeavers.com |access-date=February 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217191538/http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/m-rowing/spec-rel/081908aaa.html |archive-date=February 17, 2012 }} After graduation, he joined the US National Team with some success and was selected as the USRowing Male athlete of the year in 2005. In the 2008 Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the men's eight.{{cite news |last=Binder |first=Doug |title=A few medals, and plenty of dreams |journal=The Oregonian |date=August 8, 2008 |pages=D.1 }} He won the Stewards' Challenge Cup at the 2010 Henley Royal Regatta.
Legacy
Josh Inman has contributed a great deal to the sport of rowing. He serves as a part-time coach for the University of Oregon rowing team and has an Empacher shell named after him, which resides at the Oregon State University boathouse. Josh Inman has two nephews, Oliver Inman and Charlie Inman who row competitively in youth rowing programs across the United States.
References
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- {{cite web |title=Josh INMAN |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/6/220976.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080810130445/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/6/220976.shtml |archive-date=August 10, 2008 |website=Beijing2008.cn |publisher=The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad}}
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Category:Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in rowing
Category:Oregon State Beavers men's golfers
Category:Sportspeople from Hillsboro, Oregon
Category:Hillsboro High School (Oregon) alumni
Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States
Category:21st-century American sportsmen
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