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| Full name | Richard Irving Stearns III | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 4, 1927 Evanston, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | January 25, 2022(2022-01-25) (aged 94) Delavan, Wisconsin, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Class | Star | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Shore & Chicago Yacht Clubs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard Irving "Dick" Stearns, III (September 4, 1927 – January 25, 2022) was an American competitive sailor and Olympic and Pan American Games medalist.
Biography
Stearns was born in Evanston, Illinois. In 1963, he won a gold medal along with Robert Halperin at the Pan American Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil, sailing Ninotchka. He also started the company Lands' End, in the Spring of 1963, with Halperin, Halperin's close friend Gary Comer, and two of Stearns' employees. He won a silver medal in the Star class at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, together with Lynn Williams.
References
- Richard Stearns' obituary
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dick Stearns". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2011.
- Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 978-0-88125-969-8. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
- "Following the Fleet". Chicago Tribune. May 5, 1963. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
- "American National Business Hall of Fame". Anbhf.org. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
External links
- Richard Stearns at World Sailing
- Richard Stearns at World Sailing (archived)
- Richard Stearns at Olympics.com
- Richard Stearns at Olympedia
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- 1927 births
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- Sportspeople from Evanston, Illinois
- American male sailors (sport)
- Sailors at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Star
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in sailing
- Star class world champions
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- World champions in sailing for the United States
- Sailors at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in sailing
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