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American sailor

Richard Stearns

Personal information
Full name Richard Irving Stearns III
Nationality American
Born September 4, 1927Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Died January 25, 2022(2022-01-25) (aged 94)[1]Delavan, Wisconsin, U.S.
Sailing career
Class Star
Club Shore & Chicago Yacht Clubs
Medal record Sailing Representing United States Olympic Games Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Star Pan Am Games Gold medal – first place 1963 Sao Paulo Star World Championships Gold medal – first place 1962 Cascais Star North American Championships Silver medal – second place 1969 Milwaukee Soling

Richard Irving "Dick" Stearns, III (September 4, 1927 – January 25, 2022) was an American competitive sailor and Olympic and Pan American Games medalist.

Stearns was born in Evanston, Illinois.[2] In 1963, he won a gold medal along with Robert Halperin at the Pan American Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil, sailing Ninotchka.[3][4] 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.[5] He won a silver medal in the Star class at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, together with Lynn Williams.[2]

  1. ^ Richard Stearns' obituary
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 978-0-88125-969-8. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
  4. ^ "Following the Fleet". Chicago Tribune. May 5, 1963. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
  5. ^ "American National Business Hall of Fame". Anbhf.org. Retrieved July 12, 2011.