Joe Rantz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJoe Rantz
American rower
Date of Birth: 31-Mar-1914
Place of Birth: Spokane, Washington, United States
Date of Death: 10-Sep-2007
Profession: rower
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Joe Rantz
- Joseph Harry "Joe" Rantz (March 31, 1914 – September 10, 2007) was an American rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.Born in Spokane, Washington, but was raised in Sequim, Washington.
- Rantz rowed for the University of Washington during the Great Depression. In 1936, he won the gold medal as a member of the American boat in the eights competition.
- Rantz earned a chemical engineering degree from the University and worked for Boeing following his retirement from rowing. Rantz is the central character in the non-fiction book The Boys in the Boat, which inspired the PBS documentary American Experience: The Boys of '36.
- Both chronicle his struggles through life in his early years, culminating with his gold medal in Berlin in 1936.He died of congestive heart failure in Redmond, Washington, at age 93.
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