Edgar Pardee Earle White (November 17, 1929 – January 7, 2014) was an American sailor and Olympic champion.[1][2] He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he won a gold medal in the 5.5 metre class with the boat Complex II, together with Britton Chance and Sumner White.[3]
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| Born | November 17, 1929 New York City, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | January 7, 2014 (aged 84) | ||||||||||||||
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He was born in New York City, New York. Raised in Mantoloking, New Jersey, together with his twin brother Sumner,[4] he graduated from Harvard College.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ed White". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
- ^ "Social Register Association". Social Register Association. 2014.
- ^ "1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on August 27, 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2008.
- ^ 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."
External links
edit- Edgar White at World Sailing
- Edgar White at World Sailing (archived)
- Edgar White at Olympics.com
- Edgar White at Olympedia
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