# Kent Mitchell

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**Henry Kent Mitchell II** (born March 29, 1939) is a retired American [rowing coxswain](/source/Coxswain_(rowing)). He competed in the [coxed pairs](/source/Coxed_pair) at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a bronze and a gold medal, respectively. He was a law student at the [UC Berkeley School of Law](/source/UC_Berkeley_School_of_Law) at the time. He won a bronze medal in the same event in [1960](/source/1960_Summer_Olympics) while an undergraduate at [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University) (class of 1961). Only two other Americans have coxed two crews to Olympic medals. He also coxed Stanford to two national championships, in 1961 and 1962.[1]

Following graduation from law school in 1965 he practiced law in [Palo Alto, California](/source/Palo_Alto,_California). He also set up and leads the Kent Mitchell Rowing Club, an elite masters competitive organization composed mostly of former national or Olympic champions.[2] He also served three terms as mayor of [Portola Valley, California](/source/Portola_Valley,_California).[3]

He is in the Stanford University Hall of Fame and the National Rowing Hall of Fame.[4]

## References

1. [Kent Mitchell](https://web.archive.org/web/20200418090301/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/kent-mitchell-1.html). sports-reference.com

1. Sauer, Mike (Summer 2011). ["Team Tenacity"](https://archive.today/20130626180456/http://www.sandiego.edu/ur/usdmag/summer-2011/athletics/team-tenacity/). *USD Magazine*. Archived from [the original](http://www.sandiego.edu/ur/usdmag/summer-2011/athletics/team-tenacity/) on 2013-06-26. Retrieved April 11, 2013.

1. ["Kent Mitchell"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130510154857/http://www.mhkllp.com/attorneys/). *Mitchell, Herzog & Klingsporn LLP, attorneys*. Archived from [the original](http://www.mhkllp.com/attorneys/) on May 10, 2013. Retrieved April 11, 2013.

1. ["Kent Mitchell"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120616052638/http://www.gostanford.com/halloffame/profile-kmitchell.html). *Stanford University Hall of Fame*. Archived from [the original](http://www.gostanford.com/halloffame/profile-kmitchell.html) on June 16, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2013.

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