Jonathan Janson (sailor)
| Olympic medal record | ||
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Representing  Great Britain
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| Men's sailing | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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1956 Melbourne | Dragon |
Jonathan Janson (5 October 1930 – 29 November 2015)[1] was a British competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He was born in Chelsea. He won a bronze medal in the Dragon class at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, together with Graham Mann and Ronald Backus., sailing the Camper and Nicholson built Bluebottle, which had been a wedding present from the Island Sailing Club in Cowes to Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Obituary: Jonathan Janson (GBR)". World Sailing. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ "Jonathan Janson". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
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