Pat Costello
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Bernard Patrick "Pat" Costello, Jr. (born March 12, 1929) is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 rower
Rowing (sport)
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

 who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...

 and in the 1956 Summer Olympics
1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Australia, in 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations...

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He was born in Detroit, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

 and is the cousin of Paul Costello
Paul Costello
Paul Vincent Costello was an American triple Olympic Gold Medal winner in rowing and he was the first person to win a gold medal in the same event, the double scull , at three consecutive Olympics...

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In 1952 he and his partner Walter Hoover were eliminated in the semi-final repechage of the double sculls event.

Four years later he won the silver medal with his partner Jim Gardiner
Jim Gardiner (rower)
James "Jim" Arthur Gardiner is an American rower who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics.He was born in Detroit, Michigan.In 1956 he and his partner Pat Costello won the silver medal in the double sculls event.-External links:...

 in the double sculls competition.

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