James Sargeant

James Frederick Richard "Dick" Sargeant (born 17 March 1936 in Kobe, Japan) is an Australian sailor and Olympic Champion.[1] Prior to Tokyo, Dick had been a crewman on Gretel, the Australian challenger for the 1962 America's Cup.After Tokyo, Dick continued his involvement with the Australian and international sailing world during the ensuing decades.He competed at Mexico City 1968 Olympics, where he and Carl Ryves sailed their Flying Dutchman class boat into fourth place, an agonising 0.7 points off a medal.[2] In 2017, he was an inaugural inductee Australian Sailing Hall of Fame with Bill Northam and Peter O'Donnell.
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