Richard Stearns (sailor)
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| Full name | Richard Irving Stearns, III | ||||||||||||
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September 4, 1927 (age 89) Evanston, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||||||
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Richard Irving "Dick" Stearns, III (born September 4, 1927) is an American competitive sailor and Olympic and Pan American Games medalist.
In 1963, he won a gold medal along with Robert Halperin at the Pan American Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil, sailing Ninotchka.[1][2]
He also started the company Lands' End, in the Spring of 1963, with Halperin, Halperin's close friend Gary Comer, and two of Stearns' employees.[3]
He won a silver medal in the Star class at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, together with Lynn Williams.[4]
Stearns was born in Evanston, Illinois.[4]
References
- ↑ Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 0-88125-969-1. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
- ↑ "Following the Fleet". Chicago Tribune. May 5, 1963. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
- ↑ "American National Business Hall of Fame". Anbhf.org. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
- 1 2 "Dick Stearns". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 5, 2011.
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