Olympic rower Justin Best first got into the sport after his parents saw Armie Hammer in 'The Social Network' — now he's won a gold medal in Paris.
-directed drama about the founding of Facebook. But unlike many of us, it led to him becoming a world-class athlete., Best revealed the happenstance way that the movie sparked him to take up rowing years ago, a sport in which he'd ultimately
"I was in between sports and I was going into my freshman year of high school and I had gotten a concussion in football, and I was like, 'No more football,'" Best recalled to PEOPLE. "So my parents were watchingone summer night. And obviously the Winklevoss twins are portrayed, and they are rowers by nature. And so my parents were like, 'Hey, Justin has a similar body type to the actor who portrayed them.
Last week, Best and teammates Nick Mead, Michael Grady, and Liam Corrigan won the U.S. its first gold medal in men's four rowing in 64 years. And on Monday, Best celebrated bystar Nicky Doll sues U.K.
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