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Norman Bellingham
Personal information
BornDecember 23, 1964 (1964-12-23) (age 59)
Fairfax, Virginia, U.S.
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul K-2 1000 m

Norman Bellingham (born December 23, 1964) is an American sprint canoer and Olympic champion who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s.

Background

Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won gold in the K-2 1000 m event at Seoul in 1988. Bellingham was Chief Operating Officer of the United States Olympic Committee from 2006 to 2011. He previously had been employed as Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning of Turner Broadcasting System in Atlanta, a position he held from 2002.

Bellingham attended Richard Montgomery High School and graduated in 1983. Bellingham is also a graduate of Harvard University where he earned an honors BA in economics in 1993, and ultimately returned in 1998 to earn his MBA.

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