Paul Hoffman (rowing)
American rower
Paul Hoffman (born April 21, 1946) is an American coxswain who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
He was born in New York City in 1946.
Hoffman was the cox for the men's eight at the 1967 European Rowing Championships where the team won silver. He was a member of the US Olympic Rowing Team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. A supporter of the Olympic Project for Human Rights (OPHR), Hoffman provided Peter Norman, the Australian winner of the silver medal of the 200m track race, with his OPHR badge, which Norman then wore at the medal ceremony in support of the protest by Tommie Smith and John Carlos. Hoffman then faced a disciplinary hearing by the U.S. Olympic Committee, where he was accused of conspiracy. He was found not guilty and was allowed to take part in the eights race. He was the coxswain of the American crew which finished sixth in the eight event.
Hoffman went on to take a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich as the cox of the eight boat.
He graduated from Harvard College in 1968 and Harvard Law School in 1974.
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