Ted Nash (rower)

Ted Nash
Personal information
BornOctober 29, 1932 (1932-10-29)
Melrose, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJuly 3, 2021(2021-07-03) (aged 88)
Medford, New Jersey, U.S.
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Coxless four
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo Coxless four

Theodore Allison Nash II (October 29, 1932 – July 3, 2021) was a sexual predator, American competition rower and Olympic champion, rowing coach, and sports administrator.[1][2] Nash participated, either as a coach or athlete, in eleven separate Olympic Games from 1960 to 2008.[3]

Early life

He was born in Melrose, Massachusetts.[1][2] Nash served as a pilot[3] and first lieutenant in the Army Aviation division, teaching aviation and aerobatics.[1] He was a member of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. While in the military, he was also an anti-guerrilla warfare instructor, an officer candidate school tactical officer for the Army and a member of the elite Green Beret, and special forces units for the Army. He was recalled four times on special friendly projects across the world.[citation needed]

Nash has served as both freshman and varsity coach for Penn and been a longtime supporter and icon of Penn AC.

Rowing career

Nash won a gold medal in coxless fours at the 1960 Summer Olympics[1][4] and a bronze for the same event at the 1964 Olympics.[1] He also won gold medals at the 1959 and 1963 Pan American Games.[1][2][5]

Coaching career

Nash coached at the University of Pennsylvania, first as freshman coach from 1965, then as head coach from 1969–1983.[6][1][2] He was also a longtime supporter of Penn AC.[6] Nash co-founded the National Women's Rowing Association and was the unofficial running coach at the Padukies Track Club in Philadelphia.[7]

He also coached entrepreneurs Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss in the coxless pair at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[8]

Personal life and sexual assault allegations

Nash died at the age of 88 on July 3, 2021, in Medford, New Jersey.[9][1][3]

In 2023, the documentary filmmaker Jennifer Fox said that Nash had sexually abused her when she was 13 and he was 40.[7][10] Nash was Fox's running instructor in 1973 when she was at horseback riding summer camp.[7] Fox alleges that Nash forced her to perform oral sex multiple times. Fox also disclosed that in high school she wrote an essay detailing the abuse.[7] She had previously told the story of her abuse, without revealing Nash's identity, in the 2018 film The Tale.[7][10]

Nash's first wife Aldina Nash-Hampe described the accusation as a "surprise", but conceded that Nash "seemed to have affairs with a lot of women" and in 1972 she filed for a divorce after she found letters from Nash to other women.[7] Jan Nash, his second wife, and Sean P. Colgan, one of Nash's former collegiate and national team rowers, described the accusations as uncharacteristic.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Giordano, Rita (July 13, 2021). "Ted Nash, Penn and Olympics rowing legend," dies at 88". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
  2. ^ a b c d "Ted Nash". olympedia.org. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Hewitt, Ed (July 5, 2021). "Ted A. Nash, A True Giant of Rowing, Has Passed". row2k.com. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ted Nash". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2008. "Theodore Allison 'Ted' Nash, II"
  5. ^ "Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Summer Pan American Games (8552)". olympedia.org. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  6. ^ a b USRowing.org (July 4, 2021). "In Memory: Ted Nash". Retrieved July 24, 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g Macur, Juliet (20 March 2023). "For Years She Said a Coach Abused Her. Now She Has Named a Legend". The New York Times.
  8. ^ Matson, Barbara (27 July 2008). "Rowing machines". Boston.com.
  9. ^ Ted Nash at Olympedia
  10. ^ a b "'The Tale' Filmmaker Jennifer Fox on Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse & Finally Naming Her Abuser". Democracy Now!. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.

External links

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