Jim Tew

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameJames Dinsmore "Jim"•Tew, III
Used nameJim•Tew
Nick/petnamesJello
Born29 October 1944 in New York, New York (USA)
Measurements189 cm / 84 kg
AffiliationsHarvard Crimson, Cambridge (USA)
NOC United States

Biography

Jim Tew attended St. Paul’s Prep School in New Hampshire and then went to Harvard, graduating in 1966. He was only a sophomore at the 1964 Olympics where the Harvard coxed four crew finished seventh. In 1965 Tew moved into the Harvard eight that defeated Yale in the Harvard-Yale Boat Race in both 1965 and 1966, with Tew captaining the crew team in his senior year. After graduating Tew served in the Navy from 1967-70, and then spent 33 years in investment banking in Boston.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1964 Summer Olympics Rowing USA Jim Tew
Coxed Fours, Men (Olympic) United States 7