Dick Dreissigacker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American rower
Date of Birth: 26-Mar-1947
Place of Birth: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Profession: rower
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Dick Dreissigacker
- Richard Alan "Dick" Dreissigacker (born March 26, 1947 in New Haven, Connecticut) is a former American Olympic rower and a founder of Concept2, a manufacturer of rowing equipment.
- While studying engineering at Brown University he took up rowing and went on to represent the United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Dreissigacker earned a Master of Science degree in 1974 from Stanford University, where he coached rowing and introduced his brother Pete to the sport.
- While training for the 1976 US Olympic team the brothers modified their oars with carbon fibre.
- After failing to be selected they started selling oars and started the company that is now Concept2.His wife Julia "Judy" Geer was a rower in the 1976 and 1984 Olympics and his sister-in-law Charlotte "Carlie" Geer won a silver medal in single sculls in the 1984 Olympics.
- His daughters Hannah Dreissigacker and Emily Dreissigacker competed as biathletes in the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics respectively.
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