Lowell North
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| Full name | Lowell Orton North | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "The Pope" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 2, 1929 Springfield, Missouri, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | June 2, 2019 (aged 89) San Diego, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Class(es) | Dragon, Star | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club |  San Diego Yacht Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team |  University of California, Berkeley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lowell Orton North (December 2, 1929 – June 2, 2019) was an American sailor and Olympic Gold Medalist.[1] He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where he received a gold medal in the Star class with the boat North Star, together with Peter Barrett.[2]
Biography
North was born in Springfield, Missouri on December 2, 1929. He was the son of Williard North [3].North was married with Bea.
1945 won the Star World Championship, when he crewed for Malin Burnham on a boat for which he made sails.[4] During the next 30 years he won another four Star Worlds.
In 1957, he founded North Sails in San Diego, a world wide company producing sailing equipment. [5]
He received a bronze medal in the Dragon class at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[6]
North participated in 1977 America's Cup defender series where he skippered the 12 metre yacht Enterprise.[7]
North retired in 1984. In 2011, he was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame.[8]
See also
References
- ^ Wilson, Bernie. "Pioneering sailmaker Lowell North dies at 89". Washington Post. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
- ^ "1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Sailing" Archived 2008-09-29 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 18, 2008)
- ^ "Star Class - History" (PDF). starclass.org. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
- ^ "North, Lowell - 2011 Hall of Fame". www.nshof.org. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
- ^ http://www.na.northsails.com/AboutUs/HistoryofNorthSails/tabid/1951/Default.aspx
- ^ "1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Sailing" Archived 2007-02-21 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 18, 2008)
- ^ "Lowell North Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
- ^ "Lowell North 2011 Inductee". Nshof.org. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
External links
- North Sails website
- Sailing World
- National Sailing Hall of Fame
- Lowell North at World Sailing (archived)
- Lowell North at Olympics.com
- Lowell North at Olympedia
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- 1929 births
- American male sailors (sport)
- California Golden Bears sailors
- 2019 deaths
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in sailing
- Olympic sailors of the United States
- Sportspeople from Springfield, Missouri
- Sailmakers
- Sailors at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Dragon
- Sailors at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Star
- San Diego Yacht Club sailors
- Star class world champions
- US Sailor of the Year
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in sailing
- 1977 America's Cup sailors
- World champions in sailing for the United States of America
- Soling class sailors