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American rower
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Male
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Birth:
11 July 1916(Newport, USA)
Death:
11 January 2000(Sun City West, USA)
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Education:
University of California, Berkeley
The details
Biography
Ralph Purchase (¨11 July 1916 – 11 January 2000) was an American competition rower and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in coxed eights at the 1948 Summer Olympics, as coxswain for the American team.