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Career
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Growing up in a highly acknowledged Munster sailing family[1], Payne knew his way around a boat. He belonged to The Royal Cork Yacht Club and was a respected sailor of Cork Harbor. [2] He competed in the Finn Single-handed Dinghy event at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne and again in the 1960 Olympics in Rome.[3] Having to work very hard to get to the Olympics, Payne came 16th at the 1956 Olympics and 18th at the 1960 Olympics both in the mixed one-person dinghy event.[4] In 1946 the National 12 was the biggest dinghy class in Ireland, which Payne would have been considered a national and international star.[5] Later Payne would have carried on to win more National 18 class titles than any other captain, and has listed many Admiral's Cup in his accomplishments. [6]
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- ^ O'Brien, David. "Death of double Olympian John Somers Payne". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
- ^ "John Somers PAYNE - Olympic Sailing | Ireland". International Olympic Committee. 2016-06-12. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
- ^ "Somers Payne Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
- ^ Nixon, W. M. "All Ireland Sailing Trophy Provides Key to Mysteries of Irish Sailing History". afloat.ie. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
- ^ Team, Afloat ie. "Somers Payne 1926-2013". afloat.ie. Retrieved 2019-11-15.