John Dane III

John Dane III (born July 15, 1950, in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American Olympic sailor in the Star class. He competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he finished 11th together with his son-in-law Austin Sperry.[1] Dane almost made the Olympics in the dragon in 1968, when he took second place at the US Olympic trials in a borrowed boat. He also sailed the trials in the Soling (1972), Finn (1976) and Star (1984) classes.

John Dane III
Personal information
BornJuly 15, 1950 (1950-07-15) (age 73)
New Orleans, Louisiana U.S.
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  United States
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1970 Poole Soling
North American Championships
Gold medal – first place 1969 Milwaukee Soling

Dane, together with Mark LeBlanc and John Cerise, was the winner of the first North American Championship Soling in Milwaukee back in 1969. This team also took the second place in the Soling World Championship of 1970 in Poole, UK.

He is the former president of Trinity Marine Group and also former president and CEO of Trinity Yachts, LLC.[2]

References
  1. "John Dane, III Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
  2. "Trinity Yachts". Archived from the original on 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-23.


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