Dan Beery is an American competition 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...

, Olympic champion, world champion and world cup gold medalist.

Beery won a gold medal in Men's Eights at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

, as a member of the American team. The time 5:19.85 was a new world record

Rowing World Records

The Rowing World Records are the fastest times set over the international rowing distance of 2000 m. They are believed to be correct as of November 2011.-On Water Records:...

. Beery is a member of the New York Athletic Club's Hall of Fame. He retired from rowing in 2008. Prior to his start in rowing at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga, Beery played collegiate basketball.

After proposing via text message, he married British

United Kingdom

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-born American

United States

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Olympic rower Jennifer Goldsack on January 17, 2009.

He now works as a sports insurance broker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.