Conn Findlay

Career Findlay first competed as a member of the U.S. Olympic rowing team at the 1956 Summer Games. He won a gold medal in the coxed pair event with Dan Ayrault and Kurt Seiffert of the Stanford Cardinal. Findlay acted as rowing coach of the Stanford freshman team, and was subsequently named its varsity coach in 1959. At the Olympic Games the following year, he finished third in coxed pair. , Findlay is one of 11 individuals to win both the America's Cup and an Olympic medal. He is one of only two people to win the America's Cup and an Olympic gold medal in rowing (the other being Joseph Sullivan, who achieved this in 2017).

Findlay's expertise in sailing and physical strength were valued by his fellow crew members on Courageous. His proficiency at trimming sails, coupled with his ability to balance a long way over the water on the trapeze, played a vital role in the Tempest team securing Olympic bronze. He participated in the tumultuous 1979 Fastnet race, which saw 15 yachtsmen die and dozens of ships capsize. Kent Mitchell, his teammate during the 1960 and 1964 Olympics, described Findlay as having "just sailed right through it". He was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005. He was named to the Pac-12 Men's Rowing All-Century Team in May 2016.

Personal life Findlay married Luella Anderson when the two were in their 60s. It was his first marriage, and they remained married until her death in 2019. 1960 – Bronze, Rowing, Coxed pair (Conn Findlay, Richard Draeger, Kent Mitchell (cox)) 1964 – Gold, Rowing, Coxed pair (Edward Ferry, Conn Findlay, Kent Mitchell (cox)) 1976 – Bronze, Sailing, Tempest Class (Dennis Conner, Conn Findlay)

World Championships 1962 – 5th, Rowing, Coxed pair (Edward Ferry, Conn Findlay, Kent Mitchell (cox))

Pan American Games 1963 – Gold, Rowing, Coxed pair (Edward Ferry, Conn Findlay, Charles Blitzer (cox))