British sailor
Sir John Oakeley, Bt
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Full name | John Digby Atholl Oakeley |
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Born | 27 November 1932 (1932-11-27) Willesden, Greater London, England |
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Died | 19 December 2016 (2016-12-20) (aged 84) |
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Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) |
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Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) |
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Sir John Digby Atholl Oakeley, 8th Baronet (27 November 1932 – 19 December 2016) was a British sailor who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1]
He began his career in the 1950s, winning the Merlin Rocket championship three times and the National 12 once. In addition, he was the winner of the Flying Dutchman World Championship in 1967.[2]
Oakeley also wrote two books on sailing, Winning and This is Downwind Sailing. He died on 19 December 2016 at the age of 84.[2][3]
World champions in Flying Dutchman
Soling British Championship Winners
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Fleet racing |
- 1969 Cooke
- 1970 Oakeley
- 1971 Thomas
- 1972 Thomas
- 1973 Hobday
- 1974 C. Ingham
- 1975 C. Ingham
- 1976 MacDonald-Smith
- 1977 Crebbin
- 1978 Simonds
- 1979 France Haegeli
- 1980 Simonds
- 1981 Law
- 1982 Ford
- 1983 Bailey
- 1984 Law
- 1987 Charles, Beadsworth, Cruickshank
- 1988 Baird
- 1989 Bowman, Stevens, M. Ingham
- 1990 Bowman, M. Ingham, Nicholls
- 1991 Charles
- 1992 Barker
- 1993 Barker
- 1994 Childerley
- 1995 Ellis
- 2002 Mackay
- 2003 Preston, Bottomley, Preston
- 2004 Preston, Bottomley, Preston
- 2005 Preston, Bottomley, Preston
- 2006 Preston, Bottomley, Preston
- 2007 Priestley, Barker, Adams
- 2008 Dodgshon, Loudon, Corson
- 2009 Fisher, Freemantle, Brown
- 2010 Richardson, Lee, Sloane
- 2016 Richardson, Lee, Sloane
- 2017 Richardson, Lee, Sloane
- 2018 Richardson, Lee, Gotts
- 2019 Richardson, Lee, Murray
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