Sentences with phrase «as oarsman»

Dressed as an oarsman, which he was, in a sleeveless shirt and a straw hat, Caillebotte anchors the lower right of the Phillips's painting.

He had fought for good health on and off for a number of years with the same indomitable spirit that led him to many a victory on the river both as oarsman and the architect, as Head Coach, of a record series of Boat Race victories for Oxford over rivals, Cambridge in the 70s and 80s.

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As David Halberstam wrote in The Amateurs, his excellent book about 1984 Olympic hopefuls, «It was part of the oarsman's unwritten code that one did not mention the pain.

The elder Paine had been an oarsman for Harvard in the 1850s, and served as an officer in the 22nd Massachusetts in the Civil War, during which time he commanded a unit of African - American soldiers.

Professional oarsmen can hit power outputs as high as 500 Watts during a race — a phenomenal show of strength and speed.