John Dillon (sailor)
Appearance
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1956 Melbourne | 5.5 metre class |
John Desmond Dillon (24 March 1921 in Westbourne – 17 October 1988 in Hampshire) was a British sailor. He won a silver medal in the 5.5 metre class at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
References
[edit]- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Dillon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014.
Categories:
- 1921 births
- 1988 deaths
- British male sailors (sport)
- Olympic sailors for Great Britain
- Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Sailors at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre
- Sailors at the 1956 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- People from Westbourne, West Sussex
- 20th-century British sportsmen
- British Olympic medallist stubs
- British yacht racing biography stubs