Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | John Lester•Miller |
Used name | John•Miller |
Born | 5 June 1903 in Brooklyn, New York, New York (USA) |
Died | 1 August 1965 in New York, New York (USA) |
Measurements | 190 cm |
Affiliations | Yale Bulldogs, New Haven (USA) |
NOC | ![]() |
Medals | OG |
Gold | 1 |
Silver | 0 |
Bronze | 0 |
Total | 1 |
John Miller was on the football, water polo, and crew teams while a student at Yale, but it was at rowing that he achieved his greatest success. He rowed the 5 oar on the Yale crew that won gold at the 1924 Paris Olympics. After graduating in 1924 Miller went into building construction and real estate.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1924 Summer Olympics | Rowing | ![]() |
John Miller | |||
Eights, Men (Olympic) | United States | 1 | Gold |