Norman Bellingham

Norman Dean Bellingham is an American sprint canoer and Olympic champion who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s.

Background

Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won gold in the K-2 1000 m event at Seoul in 1988. Bellingham was Chief Operating Officer of the United [States Olympic Committee] from 2006 to 2011. He previously had been employed as Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning of Turner Broadcasting System in Atlanta, a position he held from 2002.
Bellingham attended Richard [Montgomery High School] and graduated in 1983. Bellingham is also a graduate of Harvard University where he earned an honors BA in economics in 1993, and ultimately returned in 1998 to earn his MBA.