Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Name Seymour Cromwell Club New Rochelle Boat Club | Sport Rowing Weight 89 kg (196 lb) | |
Born February 17, 1934 New York City, New York, U.S. Died May 2, 1977 (aged 43)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||
Seymour Legrand "Sy" Cromwell II (February 17, 1934 – May 2, 1977) was an American rower. He won a silver medal in the double sculls event at the 1964 Summer Olympics and at the 1966 World Rowing Championships.
After graduating from Princeton University in 1956, Cromwell studied at MIT and Harvard University. He then briefly worked as a naval architect, but then changed to teaching. During his rowing career Cromwell won seven national titles in the single sculls and several more in double sculls. He won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at the Henley Royal Regatta in 1964, rowing for the Nonpareil Rowing Club of New York. Although he was selected only for the 1964 Olympics, he continued to be a top US rower up to 1970s, finishing third at the 1976 Olympic trials. In 1963, he won a gold medal at the Pan American Games in single sculls. He died of pancreatic cancer. He is survived by his wife, Gail Pierson Cromwell, originally of Natchitoches, Louisiana, and his daughter, Abigail W. S. Cromwell, of Cambridge, MA, who was born after he died.