Kayaking — Men
Harvard’s Norman Bellingham is the owner of the only gold medal won by an Ivy Leaguer in canoe & kayaking. Bellingham competed in three Games and won his medal at the 1988 Seoul Games in the K-2 1,000-meter race.
In all, nine athletes from the League have competed in four different games, but Yale’s Jamie McEwan won the only other medal from the League. He took bronze in the slalom singles to beat out two Dartmouth kayakers in 1972. In all, seven Leaguers competed in kayaking in the 1972 Munich Games. Cornell’s Benjie Lewis made the League’s most recent appearance in Athens ’04.
| Name (School) | Country | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Norman Bellingham (Harvard ’94) • | United States | 1984-88-92 |
| John G. Burton (Dartmouth ’69) | United States | 1972 |
| Sandy Campbell (Dartmouth ’67) | United States | 1972 |
| Eric Evans (Dartmouth ’72) | United States | 1972 |
| Olney Kent (Cornell ’86) | United States | 1984-88-92 |
| Benjie Lewis (Dartmouth ’05) | United States | 2004 |
| Jamie McEwan (Yale ’75) • | United States | 1972-92 |
| Matt Taylor (Yale ’92) | United States | 2000-04 |
| Wickliffe Walker (Dartmouth ’68) | United States | 1972 |
• Gold Medal (also indicated by bold name)
• Silver Medal
• Bronze Medal
