William Earl Buchan
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Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1935-05-09) May 9, 1935 (age 89) Seattle, Washington, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Class | Star | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Earl Buchan (born May 9, 1935) is an American sailor and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and won a gold medal in the Star class with Steven Erickson.[1]
He sailed on Intrepid in the 1974 America's Cup defender trials.[2]
Biography
Buchan was born on May 9, 1935, in Seattle, Washington. He was the son of Bill Buchan Sr.[3]
He won ten medals at Star World Championships (from 1961 to 1985), including three golds. His son William Carl Buchan won a gold medal in the Flying Dutchman class at the 1984 Olympics. Buchan was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2013.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "William Earl Buchan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2009.
- ^ "Bill Buchan". sailingworld.com. June 16, 2004.
- ^ "THE 1948 NORTH AMERICAN'S" (PDF). Starclass.org. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ^ "Bill Buchan 2013 Inductee". Nshof.org. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
External links
- William Earl Buchan at World Sailing
- William Earl Buchan at Olympics.com
- William Earl Buchan at Olympedia
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- 1932: Gray & Libano (USA)
- 1936: Bischoff & Weise (GER)
- 1948: H. Smart & P. Smart (USA)
- 1952: Straulino & Rode (ITA)
- 1956: Williams & Low (USA)
- 1960: Pinegin & Shutkov (URS)
- 1964: Knowles & Cooke (BAH)
- 1968: North & Barrett (USA)
- 1972: Forbes & Anderson (AUS)
- 1980: Mankin & Muzychenko (URS)
- 1984: Buchan & Erickson (USA)
- 1988: McIntyre & Vaile (GBR)
- 1992: Reynolds & Haenel (USA)
- 1996: Grael & Ferreira (BRA)
- 2000: Reynolds & Liljedahl (USA)
- 2004: Grael & Ferreira (BRA)
- 2008: Percy & Simpson (GBR)
- 2012: Lööf & Salminen (SWE)
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