Seymour Cromwell

Seymour Cromwell

Personal information
Born	February 17, 1934 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	May 2, 1977 (aged 43) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	New Rochelle Boat Club
Medal record Representing United States Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Double sculls World Rowing Championships 1966 Bled Double sculls 1962 Lucerne Single sculls

Seymour Legrand "Sy" Cromwell II (February 17, 1934 – May 2, 1977) was an American rower. He won a silver medal in the double sculls event at the 1964 Summer Olympics and at the 1966 World Rowing Championships.

After graduating from Princeton University in 1956, Cromwell studied at MIT and Harvard University. He then briefly worked as a naval architect, but then changed to teaching. During his rowing career Cromwell won seven national titles in the single sculls and several more in double sculls. He won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at the Henley Royal Regatta in 1964, rowing for the Nonpareil Rowing Club of New York. Although he was selected only for the 1964 Olympics, he continued to be a top US rower up to 1970s, finishing third at the 1976 Olympic trials. In 1963, he won a gold medal at the Pan American Games in single skulls. He died of pancreatic cancer. He is survived by his wife, Gail Pierson Cromwell, originally of Natchitoches, Louisiana, and his daughter, Abigail W. S. Cromwell, of Cambridge, MA, who was born after he died.