Robin Aisher
Appearance
Medal record | ||
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Sailing | ||
Representing Great Britain | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1968 Mexico City | 5.5m class | |
World Championships | ||
1967 Nassau | 5.5m | |
1966 Copenhagen | 5.5m |
Robin Allingham Aisher OBE (24 January 1934 – 26 June 2023) was a British sailor. He won a bronze medal in the 5.5 Metre class at the 1968 Summer Olympics together with Adrian Jardine and Paul Anderson.[1]
A long-time member of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, he served as the Club’s Vice-Commodore in the period 1977-1980. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1986 Birthday Honours.
Aisher died on 26 June 2023, at the age of 89.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Robin Aisher". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016.
- ^ "Robin Allingham Aisher OBE". The Telegraph. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
External links
[edit]- Robin Aisher at World Sailing
- Robin Allingham Aisher at World Sailing
- Robin Allingham Aisher at Olympics.com
- Robin Aisher at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1934 births
- 2023 deaths
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Sportspeople from Maidstone
- British male sailors (sport)
- Olympic sailors for Great Britain
- Sailors at the 1960 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre
- Sailors at the 1964 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre
- Sailors at the 1968 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century British sportsmen
- British Olympic medallist stubs
- British yacht racing biography stubs