Sumner White

Sumner White
Medal record
Men's sailing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1952 Helsinki 5.5 m class

Sumner Wheeler White III (November 17, 1929 – October 24, 1988) was an American sailor and Olympic champion. He was born in New York City and died in Summit, New Jersey. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where, contrary to expectation, he won a gold medal in the 5.5 metre class with the boat Complex II, together with Britton Chance and Edgar White.[1]

Raised in Mantoloking, New Jersey together with his twin brother Edgar,[2] he graduated from Harvard University.[3]

References

  1. ^ "1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on August 27, 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2008.
  2. ^ Gillingham Jr., Evan S. "Sailing By Chance",Motor Boating, April 1967. Accessed August 3, 2022. "For the Helsinki Games he enlisted a strapping set of twins from Mantoloking, N. J., Edgar and Sumner White, whom he had seen sailing Comets successfully in downbay competition."
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sumner White". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.


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