Ronald Backus
Appearance
Medal record | ||
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Men's sailing | ||
Representing Great Britain | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1956 Melbourne | Dragon |
Ronald Backus (28 March 1922 – 27 July 1999)[1] was a British competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal in the Dragon class at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, together with Graham Mann and Jonathan Janson. He was born in Poole, Wiltshire, England.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Ronald Backus at Olympedia
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ronald Backus". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
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Categories:
- 1922 births
- 1999 deaths
- Sportspeople from Poole
- Sportspeople from Wiltshire
- British male sailors (sport)
- Sailors at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Dragon
- Olympic sailors for Great Britain
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- British Olympic medallist stubs
- British yacht racing biography stubs