Jake Fiechter

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.