In what Olympics did the greatest Great British yachtsman since Sir Aineslie, CBE, win silver?
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Rodney Pattisson Rodney Stuart Pattisson, MBE (born 5 August 1943) is an English yachtsman. He is a double Olympic gold medalist in sailing won at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and 1972 Munich Olympics all in the Flying Dutchman class. He also won a silver medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympics in the same class to become Great Britain’s most successful Olympic yachtsman until Ben Ainslie overtook him with 3 gold medals and a silver medal at four different Olympic Games at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Pattisson was a member of Itchenor Sailing Club.
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Ben Ainslie Sir Charles Benedict Ainslie, CBE (born 5 February 1977) is an English competitive sailor.
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Sailing at the Summer Olympics Sailing (also known as yachting until 2000) has been one of the Olympic sports since the Games of the I Olympiad, held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. Despite being scheduled in the first Olympic program, the races were canceled due to severe weather conditions. Apart from the 1904 Summer Olympics, sailing has been present in every edition of the Olympic Games.
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Claude Goldie Claude John Dashwood Goldie (29 December 1876 – 30 December 1956) was an English rower who won the Silver Goblets at Henley Royal Regatta.
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Neil Willey Neil Willey (born 11 September 1976) is a former international backstroke swimmer from England. He represented Great Britain twice at the Summer Olympics: in 1996 (Atlanta, Georgia) and 2000 (Sydney, Australia). Willey won several medals (silver and bronze) in the 1990s as a member of the British short course (25 m) relay teams.
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Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – 49er A 49er class two-handed sailing dinghy competition formed part of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Seventeen crews took part. The gold medal was won by Jyrki Järvi and Thomas Johanson of Finland.
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Clive Baillieu, 1st Baron Baillieu Clive Latham Baillieu, 1st Baron Baillieu KBE CMG (24 September 1889 – 18 June 1967) was an Australian-British rower, businessman and public servant.
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Colin Ng Ng Wee Tai Colin is a Singaporean yachtsman best known for winning a gold medal in the 13th Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Victory '83 Victory '83 is a 12-metre class yacht that competed in the 1983 Louis Vuitton Cup.
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Denis O'Neil Denis O'Neil (born 11 February 1936) is a sailor from Australia. O'Neil represented his country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Kiel. O'Neil took 16th place in the Soling with Robert Miller as helmsman and Ken Berkeley as fellow crew member. During the 1976 Summer Olympics in Kingston, Ontario O'Neil returned to the Olympic regatta again in the Soling. with David Forbes as helmsman and John Anderson as fellow crew member O'Neil took 11th place.
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John Illingworth (yacht designer) Captain John Holden Illingworth (1903 – 7 March 1980) was an English naval engineer in the Royal Navy who achieved fame as a yacht racer and yacht designer. Described on his death as "the father of post-war offshore sailing racing", he held most of the senior positions in British yachting and pioneered several innovations in the sport.
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Alastair Gordon Alastair Gordon (born 8 December 1976 in Sydney) is an Australian rower who won a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
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Esmond Roney Esmond Richard Roney was a sailor from Great Britain, who represented his country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He was the brother of Margaret Roney and Ernest Roney.
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J. Graham Kenion J. Graham Kenion (1871–1942) was a sailor from the Great Britain, who represented his native country at the 1908 Summer Olympics in Hunters Quay, Great Britain. Kenion took the silver in the 12-metre class.
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Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Finn The men's Finn competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place between 9–16 August at Marina da Glória. Eleven races (the last one a medal race) were held. British sailor Giles Scott was declared gold medallist before the competition ended, having an unassailable lead before the medal race.
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Hugh Matheson (rower) Hugh Patrick Matheson (born 16 April 1949) at Ormiston near Hawick, Scotland is a British rower who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
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Maxwell Eley Charles Ryves Maxwell Eley {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (16 September 1902 – 15 January 1983), known as Maxwell Eley, was a British rower who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal with the British coxless fours.
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Chris Timms Christopher Ian Timms (24 March 1947 – 19 March 2004) was a yachtsman from New Zealand. He won a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
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Freddie Wolff Frederick Ferdinand "Freddie" Wolff, CBE, TD (13 October 1910 – 26 January 1988) was a British athlete, winner of gold medal in 4 × 400 m relay at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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Corribee The Corribee is a model of sailing yacht with good sea keeping ability. It was in a Corribee that Ellen MacArthur sailed around Britain.
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Denis Guye Denis Germain Fritz Guye (20 August 1901 – September 1986) was an English rower who competed for Great Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics at Amsterdam and won the Wingfield Sculls three times.
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Garry Herbert Garry Gerard Paul Herbert MBE (born 3 October 1969) is an Olympic gold medal winning cox. He steered the British coxed pair (brothers Jonny and Gregory Searle) to victory in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics (the last time this event was included in the Olympic rowing programme) and the 1993 World Rowing Championships.