Reg White
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Reg White | |
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| Born | 28 October 1935 Brightlingsea, Essex, England |
| Died | 27 May 2010 (aged 74) Brightlingsea, Essex, England |
| Occupation | Boat builder |
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's sailing | ||
| Representing File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold medal – first place | 1976 Montreal | Tornado |
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Reginald James White (28 October 1935 – 27 May 2010) was an English boat builder, sailor, Olympic champion and world champion. He won a gold medal in the Tornado class with John Osborn at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.[1]
He became world champion in the Tornado class in 1976 and 1979.
White died just after sailing his Brightlingsea One-Design[2][3]
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Categories:
- 1935 births
- 2010 deaths
- English male sailors (sport)
- Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Tornado
- Olympic sailors for Great Britain
- English Olympic competitors
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- 20th-century English comedians
- 21st-century English comedians
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- People from Brightlingsea
- Tornado class world champions
- World champions in sailing for Great Britain
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- British Olympic medallist stubs
- British sailing biography stubs