Personal information | |
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Full name | Rodney Stuart Pattisson |
Born | 5 August 1943 Campbeltown, Scotland | (age 81)
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Sailing |
Club | Itchenor Sailing Club |
Medal record |
Rodney Stuart Pattisson, MBE (born 5 August 1943) is a British yachtsman.[1] He is a double Olympic gold medalist in sailing won at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and 1972 Munich Olympics both in the Flying Dutchman class. He also won a silver medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympics in the same class to become Great Britain’s most successful Olympic yachtsman until Ben Ainslie overtook him with 3 gold medals and a silver medal at four different Olympic Games at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[2][3] Pattisson was a member of Itchenor Sailing Club.
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