Ronald Backus
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| Medal record | ||
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| Men's sailing | ||
| Representing File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Bronze medal – third place | 1956 Melbourne | Dragon |
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Ronald Backus (28 March 1922 – 27 July 1999)[1] was a British competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal in the Dragon class at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, together with Graham Mann and Jonathan Janson. He was born in Poole, Wiltshire, England.[2]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Ronald Backus at World Sailing (archive)
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Categories:
- 1922 births
- 1999 deaths
- Sportspeople from Poole
- Sportspeople from Wiltshire
- British male sailors (sport)
- Sailors at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Dragon
- Olympic sailors for Great Britain
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- British Olympic medallist stubs
- British sailing biography stubs