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Durward Knowles

Sir Durward Randolph Knowles (2 November 1917 – 24 February 2018) was a Bahamian sailor and Olympic champion. He won the gold medal in the Star class at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, together with Cecil Cooke.[1][2] He won the bronze medal in the same class at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[3]

From 2016 to 2018, he was the oldest living Olympic champion.[4] He turned 100 in November 2017[5] and died on 24 February 2018 of kidney failure.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Olympic Games Medallists – Sailing" gbrathletics (Retrieved on 1 June 2008)
  2. ↑ "1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Sailing" Archived 21 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 1 June 2008)
  3. ↑ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Sailing" Archived 27 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 1 June 2008)
  4. ↑ "World's oldest Olympic champion dies aged 102". www.insidethegames.biz.
  5. ↑ "Sir Durward turns 100! - The Nassau Guardian". Archived from the original on 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  6. ↑ "Breaking | Sir Durward Knowles dies at 100 - The Nassau Guardian". Archived from the original on 2018-06-09. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  7. ↑ "Eight Bells: Sir Durward Knowles >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News". Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 25 February 2018.


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