Jake Fiechter

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameJacques Poindexter "Jake"•Fiechter
Used nameJake•Fiechter
Born19 March 1946 in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania (USA)
Measurements194 cm / 93 kg
AffiliationsVesper Boat Club, Philadelphia (USA)
NOC United States

Biography

Jake Fiechter attended Harvard, graduating in 1967, where he was the captain of the crew team. He later rowed with Vesper Boat Club. Fiechter won a gold medal with the eights at the 1967 Pan American Games. At Harvard he helped the eight win the Eastern Sprints in 1966-67. Fiechter was only a spare on the 1968 Olympics, and did not row in the first round, but when Cleve Livingston became ill, Fiechter moved into the boat for the repêchage and final. Fiechter worked as a bank executive in Philadelphia.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1968 Summer Olympics Rowing USA Jake Fiechter
Eights, Men (Olympic) United States 6

Special Notes