Harold Boyce Budd Jr. (born January 4, 1939) is a retired American competition rower who won a gold medal in the eights at the 1964 Olympics.

Boyce Budd
Budd at the 1964 Rowing Championships
Personal information
Birth nameHarold Boyce Budd Jr.
BornJanuary 4, 1939 (1939-01-04) (age 85)
Summit, New Jersey, U.S.[1]
Height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubVesper Boat Club[1]
Medal record
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Eight
European Rowing Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1965 Duisburg Eight

Budd graduated from Lawrenceville School in 1957, and then attended Yale University, where he rowed in the varsity eight as a sophomore, and the junior varsity in his junior and senior years. He spent a postgraduate year at Trinity College, Cambridge, and rowed in the winning Cambridge blue boat in the 1962 Boat Race.[2]

He then joined Philadelphia's Vesper Boat Club, winning national titles in the pairs, fours, and eights in 1964 and 1965, as well as an Olympic gold medal in the eights in 1964, and a bronze medal in the eights at the 1965 European championships.[3]

In 1980, Budd's home in Devon, Pennsylvania, was robbed; his Olympic gold medal was stolen and never recovered.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Boyce Budd". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
  2. ^ "The Lawrentian - Summer 2016 by The Lawrenceville School - Issuu". issuu.com. August 9, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  3. ^ Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter). sport-komplett.de
  4. ^ William A Stowe (2005). All Together. iUniverse. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-595-34388-1.