Boyce Budd

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 name	Harold Boyce Budd Jr.
Born	January 4, 1939 (1939-01-04) (age 81) Summit, New Jersey, U.S.[1]
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Vesper Boat Club[1]
Medal record Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Eight European Rowing Championships 1965 Duisburg Eight

Budd graduated from the Yale University in 1961, and then joined the Philadelphia's Vesper Boat Club, winning with them national titles in the pairs, fours, and eights in 1964 and 1965. He also won a bronze medal in the eights at the 1965 European championships.[2] In 1962, he spent a year at Cambridge University in England, and won with them the Henley Royal Regatta in the eights.[1]

In 1980, Budd's home in Devon, Pennsylvania, was robbed; his Olympic gold medal was stolen and never recovered.[3]

References

1. Boyce Budd. sports.reference.com
2. Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter). sport-komplett.de
3. William A Stowe (2005). All Together. iUniverse. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-595-34388-1.