Durward Knowles
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| Full name | Durward Randolph Knowles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Bahamas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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November 2, 1917 Nassau, Bahamas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sailing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class(es) | Star | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sir Durward Randolph Knowles (born 2 November 1917) is a sailor and olympic champion from the Bahamas. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where he won a gold medal in the Star class, together with Cecil Cooke.[1][2] He received a bronze medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[3] He had previously competed for the United Kingdom in the 1948 Olympics finishing in 4th place in the Star class together with Sloane Elmo Farrington.
Knowles was knighted in 1996.[4] In 1997, he was awarded The Bahamas' Order of Merit.[5]
He is the stepbrother of Percy Knowles.
References
- ↑ "Olympic Games Medallists – Sailing" gbrathletics (Retrieved on 1 June 2008)
- ↑ "1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Sailing" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 1 June 2008)
- ↑ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Sailing" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 1 June 2008)
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 54537. p. 12875. 27 September 1996.
- ↑ Johnson, Kelsie (20 April 2011). "Sir Durward Knowles gives Olympic medals to museum". http://freeport.nassauguardian.net/. The Freeport News. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
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