Peter Mander
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Competitor for  New Zealand
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| Men's Sailing | ||
| Gold | 1956 Melbourne | Sharpie class |
Peter Garth Mander, OBE (4 July 1928 in Christchurch – 21 June 1998), was a New Zealand yachtsman and Olympic gold medal winner. With Jack Cropp, Mander won the Sharpie class at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Mander then retired from competitive yachting, but made a comeback and was selected to compete in the Finn class at the 1964 Summer Olympics where he finished fourth. He later became the president of the New Zealand Yachting Federation.
He was the older brother of Graham Mander, who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics, also as a yachtsman.
In the 1992 New Year Honours, Mander was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to yachting.[1]
References
- ↑ London Gazette (supplement), No. 52768, 30 December 1991. Retrieved 8 January 2013.