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| Full name | Robert Iain Colin Billingham | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  United States | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1957-12-10)10 December 1957 London, England,  United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||
| Died | March 30, 2014(2014-03-30) (aged 56) | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Amherst College | ||||||||||||||
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Robert Iain Colin "Bob" Billingham (December 10, 1957 – March 30, 2014) was an American competitive sailor and Olympic silver medalist. Billingham was born in London, England. At the 1988 Summer Olympics, Billingham finished in second place in the soling class along with his partners John Kostecki and William Baylis. Billingham graduated from Amherst College (1979).
References
- "Industry mourns Olympic and America's Cup sailor". Trade Only Today. April 4, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
- "Robert I. Billingham '79 | Robert Billingham '79 | Amherst College". www.amherst.edu. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
External links
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bob Billingham". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Robert Billingham". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on August 11, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
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- 1957 births
- 2014 deaths
- American male sailors (sport)
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Soling class sailors
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in sailing
- Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Soling
- Soling class world champions
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American sailing Olympic medalist stubs