Chris Huntington Explained

Chris Huntington
Sport:Rowing
Birth Date:22 September 1960
Birth Place:Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Chris Huntington (born September 22, 1960) is an American rower.[1] He won gold at the 1987 Pan American Games,[2] and competed in the men's coxed four event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[3] Huntington later became a news correspondent for CNN.[4]

Biography

Huntington was born in Bethesda, Maryland in 1960.[1] He rowed and studied at the University of California, Berkeley, before moving to England to study at the University of Oxford.[1] At Oxford, Huntington was part of what was known as the "Oxford Mutiny" prior to the 1987 Boat Race.[1] [5] [6] Huntington, along with Dan Lyons, Chris Penny and Jonathan Fish departed from Oxford's squad in protest of the training and coaching being delivered by the team coach Dan Topolski.[7] [8]

At the World Rowing Championships, Huntington won two bronze medals.[1] His first came in eights event in 1985,[9] and his second bronze came the following year in the coxed four event.[10] He then went on to win a silver medal at the 1986 Goodwill Games,[1] and the gold medal in the eight at the 1987 Pan American Games.[1] At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Huntington competed in the men's coxed four, with the US team finishing in fifth place.[11]

After his rowing career, Huntington worked for nearly two decades as a correspondent and producer for CNN.[1] [12] He then went to work in the energy sector, becoming a business partner in a renewable energy company.[1] [13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chris Huntington . Olympedia . March 4, 2022.
  2. Web site: California Golden Bears - Men's Crew . California Golden Bears . March 4, 2022.
  3. Chris Huntington Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418092205/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hu/chris-huntington-1.html . dead . April 18, 2020 . September 9, 2018.
  4. Web site: Chris Huntington . CNN . March 4, 2022.
  5. News: Rowers' row swamps Oxford Crew . The Washington Post . March 4, 2022.
  6. Web site: Oxford Crew Body to Consider Clark Cas . Los Angeles Times . February 2, 1987 . March 4, 2022.
  7. Web site: Oxford's U.S. Rowers Jump Ship, Leaving the Varsity Without All Its Oars in the Water. . William . Plummer . February 23, 1987 . August 11, 2014.
  8. Web site: Unnatural selection. Rowing News . July 2007 . 54 - 63 . Christopher . Dodd .
  9. Web site: Ergebnis des Finals im M8+ bei den Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften 1985 nahe Mechelen. Belgien . FISA . March 21, 2016.
  10. Web site: (M4+) Men's Coxed Four – Final . . December 7, 2016.
  11. Web site: Coxed Fours, Men . Olympedia . March 4, 2022.
  12. Web site: Our Management Team . ENCAP Development . March 4, 2022.
  13. Web site: Interview with Chris Huntington of SkyFuel . Reuters Events . March 4, 2022.