Lowell North
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| Full name | Lowell Orton North | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 2, 1929 Springfield, Missouri, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Class(es) | Dragon, Star | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lowell Orton North (born December 2, 1929) is an American sailor and Olympic Gold Medalist. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where he received a gold medal in the star class with the boat North Star, together with Peter Barrett.[1]
Biography
North was born in Springfield, Missouri on December 2, 1929. He was the son of Williard North.[2]
1945 won the Star World Championship, when he crewed for Malin Burnham on a boat for which he made sails.[3] During the next 30 years he won another four Star Worlds.
In 1957, he founded North Sails in San Diego, a world wide company producing sailing equipment.[4]
He received a bronze medal in the dragon class at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[5]
North participated in 1977 America's Cup defender series where he skippered the 12 metre yacht Enterprise.[6]
Achievements
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See also
References
- ^ "1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Sailing" Archived 2008-09-29 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 18, 2008)
- ^ http://www.starclass.org/history/1948northamericans.pdf
- ^ http://www.nshof.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=326%3Anorth-lowell-2011-inductee&catid=78&Itemid=253
- ^ http://www.na.northsails.com/AboutUs/HistoryofNorthSails/tabid/1951/Default.aspx
- ^ "1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Sailing" Archived 2007-02-21 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 18, 2008)
- ^ https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/lowell-north-1.html
External links
- North Sails website
- Sailing World
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