Wyatt Allen
{{Short description|American rower (born 1979)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|January 11, 1979}}
| birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
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{{MedalSport| Men's rowing }}
{{MedalCountry| the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalGold| 2004 Athens | Eight}}
{{MedalBronze| 2008 Beijing | Eight}}
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Wyatt Allen (born January 11, 1979, in Baltimore, Maryland){{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/wyatt-allen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418050646/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/wyatt-allen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title= Wyatt Allen}} is an American rower.
Career
Allen is a graduate of Portland High School and the University of Virginia,[https://web.archive.org/web/20080709183135/http://rowing.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/638 Wyatt Allen] rowing.teamusa.org where he rowed on the men's club team from 1998 to 2001.{{cite news|url=https://virginiasports.com/news/2005/07/06/former-virginia-rower-wyatt-allen-wins-diamond-sculls-at-henley-royal-regatta/|title=Former Virginia Rower Wyatt Allen Wins Diamond Sculls At Henley Royal Regatta|work=Virginia Athletics|date=July 6, 2005|access-date=July 23, 2021}}
In 2004, he won the Diamond Challenge Sculls (the premier event for single sculls) at the Henley Royal Regatta.{{cite web|url=https://www.hrr.co.uk/results/?result-page=1&trophy=the-diamond-challenge-sculls |title=Diamond Challenge Sculls, List of past winners |website=Henley Royal Regatta |access-date=5 July 2023}} Later that year he won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Four years later he won bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/031653.html Maine rowers strike gold, bronze] news.mainetoday.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205081541/http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/031653.html |date=2008-12-05 }}
He is currently the head coach of men's heavyweight rowing at Dartmouth College.[https://dartmouthsports.com/sports/mens-rowing/roster/coaches/wyatt-allen/9928 Wyatt Allen – Men's Heavyweight Rowing Coach] dartmouthsports.com
References
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Category:Sportspeople from Portland, Maine
Category:Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in rowing
Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in rowing
Category:University of Virginia alumni
Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Portland High School (Maine) alumni
Category:Virginia Cavaliers rowers
Category:21st-century American sportsmen
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