John Marvin (sailor)
Appearance
Olympic medal record | ||
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Representing United States | ||
Sailing | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1956 Melbourne | Finn |
John Marvin (October 17, 1927 – June 22, 1980) was an American competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He is a 1949 graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [1] and won a bronze medal in the Finn class at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[2]
References
- ^ "MIT Alumni in the Olympics: A Brief History," Slice of MIT blog, July 25, 2012 http://alum.mit.edu/pages/sliceofmit//2012/07/25/mit-alumni-and-the-olympics-a-brief-history/
- ^ "John Marvin". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
Categories:
- 1927 births
- 1980 deaths
- American sailors (sport)
- MIT Engineers sailors
- Olympic sailors of the United States
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Sportspeople from Massachusetts
- Sailors at the 1956 Summer Olympics - Finn
- Male sailors
- People from Cambridge, Massachusetts
- American sportsmen
- American sailing Olympic medalist stubs