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James Weekes

Medal record
Sailing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
	1948 London	6 m class

James Higginson Weekes (September 11, 1911 – June 13, 1977) was an American sailor and Olympic champion.

He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he won a gold medal in the 6 metre class with the boat Uanoria, together with Herman Whiton, James Smith, Alfred Loomis and Michael Mooney. He graduated from Harvard University.

References

1. "1948 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on August 30, 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2008.
2. "Harvard Olympians: GoCrimson.com". www.gocrimson.com. Archived from the original on November 23, 2010.

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jim Weekes". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on January 31, 2012.
• James Weekes at World Sailing (archived)
• James Weekes at Olympics.com
• James Weekes at Olympedia

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