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| name = Lowell North | image = | imagesize = | caption = | fullname = Lowell Orton North | nicknames ="The Pope" | nationality = United States | classes = Dragon, Star | club = | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1929|12|2}} | birth_place = Springfield, Missouri, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | retired = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates ={{MedalSport|Men's sailing}}{{Medal|Country | the {{USA}}}}{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold| 1968 Mexico City | Star class}} {{MedalBronze| 1964 Tokyo | {{nowrap|Dragon class}}}}{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold|{{nowrap|1945 Central Long Island Sound}}|{{nowrap|Star class}}}} {{MedalGold|1957 Havana|Star class}} {{MedalGold|1959 Newport Harbor|Star class}} {{MedalGold|1960 Rio de Janeiro|Star class}} {{MedalGold|1973 San Diego|Star class}} {{MedalSilver|1956 Naples|Star class}} {{MedalSilver|1963 Chicago|Star class}} {{MedalSilver|1966 Kiel|Star class}} {{MedalSilver|1967 Copenhagen|Star class}} {{MedalSilver|1971 Puget Sound|Star class}} {{MedalBronze|1961 San Diego|Star class}} {{MedalBronze|1969 San Diego|Star class}}|Spouse=Bea North}}Lowell Orton North (born December 2, 1929) is an American sailor and Olympic Gold Medalist. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where he received a gold medal in the star class with the boat North Star, together with Peter Barrett.[1] BiographyNorth was born in Springfield, Missouri on December 2, 1929. He was the son of Williard North.[2] 1945 won the Star World Championship, when he crewed for Malin Burnham on a boat for which he made sails.[3] During the next 30 years he won another four Star Worlds. In 1957, he founded North Sails in San Diego, a world wide company producing sailing equipment.[4] He received a bronze medal in the dragon class at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[5] North participated in 1977 America's Cup defender series where he skippered the 12 metre yacht Enterprise.[6] In 2011, he was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame. Achievements{{expand section|date=April 2012}}See also
References1. ^"1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Sailing" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929171945/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=17&sp=YAT |date=2008-09-29 }} databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 18, 2008) 2. ^http://www.starclass.org/history/1948northamericans.pdf 3. ^http://www.nshof.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=326%3Anorth-lowell-2011-inductee&catid=78&Itemid=253 4. ^http://www.na.northsails.com/AboutUs/HistoryofNorthSails/tabid/1951/Default.aspx 5. ^"1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Sailing" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221195824/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=16&sp=YAT |date=2007-02-21 }} databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 18, 2008) 6. ^https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/lowell-north-1.html External links
18 : 1929 births|American male sailors (sport)|California Golden Bears sailors|Living people|Olympic gold medalists for the United States in sailing|Olympic sailors of the United States|Sportspeople from Springfield, Missouri|Sailmakers|Sailors at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Dragon|Sailors at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Star|San Diego Yacht Club sailors|Star class world champions|US Sailor of the Year|Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in sailing|1977 America's Cup sailors|World champions in sailing for the United States of America |
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