Paul McLaughlin (sailor)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Personal information | |
---|---|
Birth name | Paul James McLaughlin |
Born | September 28, 1919 |
Died | July 2, 2000 (aged 80) |
Sport | |
Sport | Sailing |
Club | Royal Canadian Yacht Club |
Paul James McLaughlin (September 28, 1919 – July 2, 2000) was a Canadian sailor. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics in single-person dinghy and finished fifth and eighth, respectively. At both Games he was the captain and manager of the Canadian sailing teams. In 1977 he was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame.
His wife [who?]was also a competitive sailor. Their sons Terry and Frank became Olympic medalists in sailing,[1] and grandson, Evert McLaughlin, competed with his father Terry at the 2015 Pan American Games.[2]
During World War II McLaughlin served in the Royal Canadian Navy, and took part in the Dunkirk evacuation, where more than 338,000 allied troops were rescued during the Battle of Dunkirk.[1]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paul McLaughlin (sailor).
- ^ a b Paul McLaughlin. sports-reference.com
- ^ Laura DaSilva (July 6, 2015) Father and son team set sail at the Pan Am Games. toronto.com
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases
- Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases from July 2020
- Commons category link is on Wikidata
- 1919 births
- 2000 deaths
- Canadian male sailors (sport)
- Olympic sailors for Canada
- Sailors at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Firefly
- Sailors at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Finn
- Royal Canadian Navy personnel of World War II
- All stub articles
- Canadian yacht racing biography stubs