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Edwin Salisbury

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Edwin Salisbury
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1932 Los AngelesEight

Edwin Lyle Salisbury (May 31, 1910 November 22, 1986) was an American rower who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.[1]

Salisbury was born in California. In 1932, he won the gold medal as member of the University of California, Berkeley team, which competed for the US in the eights competition.[2] In 1969 the team and its members were entered into the National Rowing Foundation's Rowing Hall of Fame.

Salisbury died in Sacramento at the age of 76.

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