Allen Rosenberg (rower)

Allen Rosenberg

Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(1931-11-29)November 29, 1931 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died	December 7, 2013(2013-12-07) (aged 82) Silver Spring, Maryland
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Medal record Men's rowing Representing the  United States World Rowing Championships 1958 World Rowing Championships Eight-Oared Shell Pan American Games 1955 Mexico City Eight-Oared Shell 1955 Mexico City Four with Cox Maccabiah Games 1961 Israel

Allen Perry Rosenberg (November 29, 1931 – December 7, 2013) was an American rower and rowing coach. He won 12 international and national gold and silver medals as a rower, and teams he coached won more than 24 gold and silver medals in the Olympics and world championships.

Rosenberg, who was Jewish, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He first grew up in Strawberry Mansion, Philadelphia, until his family moved to Bucks County. He graduated from Central High School, in Philadelphia, where he ran the quarter mile and wrestled. He first attended Penn State, where he wrestled, and then attended Temple University and Temple University School of Law, from which he graduated with degrees in pharmacy and law. He was a patent attorney.

Rosenberg competed in from the mid-1950s through the early 1960s, and won four U.S. and three Canadian national rowing titles. In 1954, he won the United States Four with Coxswain, and the Canada Eight-Oared Shell; in 1955, he won the U.S. Eight-Oared Shell; and in 1957 and 1958, he won both the U.S. and Canadian Eight-Oared Shell.

He won a silver medal in Eight-Oared Shell at the 1958 World Rowing Championships. He won a gold medal in Eight-Oared Shell and a silver medal in Four with Cox at the 1955 Pan American Games. He also won a gold medal at the 1961 Maccabiah Games, along with teammate Donald Spero.

Rosenberg began coaching while he was still competing. He coached the Vesper Boat Club in Philadelphia, and became the rowing coach at St. Francis College.

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