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Robert Gaston Moch (June 20, 1914 – January 18, 2005) was an American coxswain who won Olympic gold at the 1936 Summer Olympics. [1] Moch was born and raised in Montesano, Washington. He was the class valedictorian at Montesano High in 1932. His father, Gaston Moch, was a Jewish immigrant watchmaker and jeweler from Switzerland. [2]
29 Ιουλ 2014 · At the helm, was coxswain Bob Moch, who found out shortly before embarking on the trip to Europe that he was Jewish -- a fact hidden by his father since immigrating to the United States.
1 Απρ 2015 · As for Moch, the team's leader? Just before the Olympics, he was revealed a family secret: his father was Jewish. You can only imagine what Moch had felt, going into the heart of Germany, trying to upend the Nazis in their game, on their water...
Though Moch was not tall (5’7″) and had asthma, he lettered in basketball. He was also valedictorian of his high school. Moch’s father was Jewish, a fact Moch didn’t learn until just days before he left for Berlin.
1 Μαρ 2005 · Moch’s 1936 teammate Jim McMillin remembers him half-whispering “I think we won” in front of an estimated 75,000 fans on shore of Lake Grunau, Germany. A deafeningly loud Nazi crowd, a sick stroke leader and poor positioning started the Husky team in last place and left them there for much of the race.
Bobby Moch, a newly-found Jew, struggled to fight against the stereotype of Jewish culture in Germany. Before competing in Germany, Bobby Moch receives word from his father that he is Jewish. Shocked, Bobby Moch experiences anti-Semitic beliefs while in Nazi Germany.
20 Ιαν 2005 · Bob Moch, one of the most storied figures in Washington rowing as a member of the Huskies' gold medal-winning crew at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, died Tuesday at the age of 90.
