UW Athletic Hall of Fame

Randy "Jabo" Jablonic

  • Class
  • Induction
    2004
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Rowing
  • 1959 Member of national championship crew
  • 1964 Coach of national championship crew
  • 1968 Team manager- UW Henley trip
  • 1972 Assistant manager- Olympic rowing team
  • 1972-84 Board of director member of national association of amateur oarsmen; U.S. Olympic rowing committee member; presidential commission Olympic sports member; director of USrowing association; chairman of long range planning committee
  • 1973 Royal Henley Regatta (unprecedented 3 semi-finalists)
  • 1973 President of Rowing Coaches of America
  • 1973, '74 President of Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges
  • 1973, '74, '75, '90 Varsity eight was the IRA champion
  • Crew teams won a total of 28 national titles in 1972, '73, '74, '75, '79, '80, '81, '82, '86, '87, '92, '97 Wisconsin won 10 Ten Eyck Trophies (most points at IRA)
  • Started the Midwest Rowing Championship in Madison
  • 1976 Assistant coach - national rowing team
  • 1980 Secretary of Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges
  • 1981 US National Team head rowing coach for World Rowing Championships (U.S. eight won the bronze medal)
  • 1984 Director of USrowing Association
  • 1986, '90 Varsity to Royal Henley Regatta
  • 1986, '90 Collegiate Championship at Cincinnati Regatta
  • 1991 Inducted into Madison Sports Hall of Fame
  • 1999 Inducted into Power 10 New York Hall of Fame
Randy Jabo Jablonic
Randy Jabo Jablonic
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