Curt Canning

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameCurtis Ray "Curt"•Canning
Used nameCurt•Canning
Born6 May 1946 in Provo, Utah (USA)
Measurements191 cm / 89 kg
AffiliationsHarvard Crimson, Cambridge (USA)
NOC United States

Biography

A Salt Lake City native, Curtis Canning was All-State in football in high school but took up rowing at Harvard and never rowed on a losing crew with the Crimson. He won a gold medal at the 1967 Pan American Games in the eights. After the Olympics Canning spent a year in the Peace Corps but then returned to school, attending medical school at the University of Utah, graduating in 1973. He later became a psychiatrist practicing in Logan, Utah.

Results

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

Special Notes