English sailor (1971–1997)
John Edward Merricks (16 February 1971 – 8 October 1997) was an English sailor . He represented Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , where he received the silver medal in the 470 class along with his sailing partner, Ian Walker .[1] [2] At the 1996 470 European Championships he and Walker won the silver medal.
Merricks died in a car accident in Italy on 8 October 1997. He and Walker were passengers in a minivan when the driver lost control.[3] A lake at Watermead Park is named after him.
World champions in men's 420
1973: Wange & Giles
1974: Chourgnoz & Cerda
1975: Whitehurst
1976: Taylor & Massey
1977: Taylor & Massey
1978: Pollet & Johanssen
1979: Di Salle & Vassalo
1980: Brockman & Friedlander
1982: Ferris & McKay
1984: A. Andruleit & H. Andruleit
1986: E. Godard & C. Godard
1987: J.-F. Berthet & G. Berthet
1988: Sanchez-Diez & Dumortier
1989: Ravet & Loyal
1990: C. Gout & J. Gout
1991: S. Irish & G. Irish
1992: G. Martínez & Wood
1993: M. Luciani & D. Luciani
1994: Merricks & Lovering
1995: Perrett & Czislowski
1996: Fortunato & Nunes
1997: Sanchez-Diez & Gabriol
1998: Charbonnier & Deguine
1999: Charbonnier & Deguine
2000: M. Belcher & D. Belcher
2001: M. Mazzotti & G. Mazzotti
2002: Tarapore & Kapila
2003: Medina & Barreiros
2004: Wilmot & Page
2005: da Silva & Gomes
2006: Evans & Burling
2007: Evans & Burling
2008: Mileos & Mitakis
2009: Tsimpoukelis & Karonis
2010: Liu & Cheng
2011: Volker & A. Cunill Martinez
2012: A. Kavas & G. Kavas
2013: Antich & Terrones
2014: Ruiz & Dávila
2015: Takayama & Nakano