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Joe Rantz's gold medal from the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, currently on display at the Conibear Shellhouse, University of Washington campus courtesy of the Rantz family. Joseph Harry Rantz (March 31, 1914 – September 10, 2007) was an American rower who won Olympic gold in the men's eight at the 1936 Summer Olympics. [1]
The Boys in the Boat is about the University of Washington eight-oared rowing crew that represented the United States in rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's eight in Berlin, and narrowly beat out Italy and Germany to win the gold medal. The main character is Joe Rantz. Rantz had a tough time growing up and was abandoned by his family ...
An elderly Joe Rantz watches his grandson rowing a fiberglass boat and is reminded of his glorious rowing days. In 1936, Joe Rantz is a poor engineering student at the University of Washington (UW), living in an abandoned car and eating canned food, with no job and tuition fees due in two weeks.
Callum Turner, known for his work in the Fantastic Beasts series, plays Joe Rantz, a working-class rower from Washington state who spent much of his young life fending for himself after being ...
The film retells the story of how Joe Rantz (Callum Turner) and eight other working-class students rowing for the University of Washington beat Nazi Germany at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, led by ...
The film retells the story of how Joe Rantz (Callum Turner) and eight other working-class students rowing for the University of Washington beat Nazi Germany at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, led by ...
The hero and central figure, Joe Rantz, lived a childhood of astonishing deprivation and determination, and it began in Spokane and a mining camp in North Idaho. The film mostly omits that background.
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